{"id":47564,"date":"2023-10-06T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=47564"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:44:35","slug":"annaka-olsen-dry-guard-sign-perpetual-screw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2023\/10\/06\/annaka-olsen-dry-guard-sign-perpetual-screw\/","title":{"rendered":"~ANNAKA OLSEN, DRY GUARD SIGN \/ ‘Perpetual Screw’"},"content":{"rendered":"

INTERNATIONAL OBJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n

WHEN INDUSTRIAL meets CRAFT, and lovely music resounds.<\/p>\n

subtext: ARTISTS’ CRAFT – TOOLS <\/p>\n

‘PERPETUAL SCREW’- opens Pandora’s Work Box,
\nand out falls a world of tools: be they functional, destroyed, mutated, imaginary, and even, ‘customized vernacular’. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nANNAKA OLSEN, graphic designer, and a founding partner [one of 4], of International Objects,
\nmade the totally ‘pro-diy’ . . sign for their current exhibit, ‘Perpetual Screw’. <\/p>\n

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\n‘Perpetual Screw’ . . serves up a kind of ‘multi-layered’ question re: Industrial Design \/ whether shredded, re-purposed, outright distressed, adored, or sometimes just plain ole revered – the ‘tool’ is both the object & the subject, here. and that . . . makes it: art.<\/p>\n

Vernacular, Utilitarian, or absolutely thrown-to-the-wind Destructed, often Decorated, far-out Imaginary and often Contrarian, possibly Futuristic; Machine-made, Hand-made, Factory-made \/ ‘tools’ become a world unto themselves.<\/p>\n

yo, it’s that type of ‘infinite’\/ ‘creative’ thinking, a quirky trait for such a finite physical body such as ours, no? \/ which probably takes ‘Screw’, above and beyond it’s utterly simple \/ purely industrial functional: a small tool, for ‘extreme’ fastening, just another excellent ‘design’, we take for granted in the carpenters’ tool box. or do we ?
\nwe don’t say ‘nailed it’ – for nothing.
\nsame with \/ he got ‘screwed’.
\nstrangely both sentiments . . with quite opposite meaning.<\/p>\n

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\nAnnaka’s well-inspired sign, crafted simply upon naked, commonplace ‘Dry Guard’, with seemingly DIY, but obviously skilled, hand-calligraphy, of (again), a basic, commonplace, ‘info-media’ – ‘stenciled’ nature, manages to express a lot of those confrontational and competing thoughts, all the while basking against Industrial Objects biggest visual punch \/ and, that would be it’s cold-edged ‘heart’; of futuristic, minimalist metal ‘caging’, meets bare concrete, in a perfect 2 step \/ of ‘indoor-outdoor’ architecture.
\nEven though we are often talking DIY, here \/ even if mutated . . there’s no mistaking this gallery space, for a retro showroom, let alone a white box, cube. <\/p>\n

that sign says: Viewer Beware \/ you are<\/strong> about to open the door, to a Pandora’s Box of Tools \/ art, design, and thought – in progress. <\/p>\n

and yeah, the green wave border – nails it.<\/p>\n

note:<\/strong> ANNAKA OLSEN . . “is a graphic designer who leads creative projects for art, design, and cultural organizations. Her making & research practice explores software & online communities. She has taught
\nat RISD, MICA, & The New School.”
\n~ANNAKA OLSEN<\/a><\/p>\n

PHOTOS & TEXT: NANCY SMITH – SEPT 30, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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