Bride Calculating [1994] by Beth Learn Xerox photocomposite [1994] digital prints abt. 8"x10" abt. 1998
The picture exists as a series of layers or overlays: Layer 1 - A black/white Xerox of a circuit board; Layer 2 - Black/white Xerox transparency of Bride portrait (photo of artist from Trinity Church performance October 1976); Layers 3/4 - black/white Xerox transparencies of text from eti-bet study as reported in the 2nd issue of Cabaret Vert Magazine [1993] and retinal image "eye pieces" or ocular apparati (reduced electrical schematic drawings); Layer 5 - 4"X6" color photograph of calculator from scrambled TV channel under sheet lens.
The Search for Life on Mars was sponsored in part by a Venture Grant from the Ontario Arts' Council for which I am grateful.
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