Rossella Emanuele

2002

A photocopier, spinning tops and A 4 paper are the materials for this installation. Ideas of balance and perpetual motion are expressed through repetition and accumulation. Repeatedly recording with a photocopier the fleeting movement of balance of a spinning top whilst it spins, indexical marks of the balancing movements. Photocopier & spinning tops invited the viewers to become active participants of the work making photocopies themselves. A playful interplay between differing modes of perception of the work: participation and conceptual understanding.

Emanuele has recently revisited this work and is currently in the process of producing an artist book with the drawings, offering permanence to a fleeting moment.