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The
simple triangular grid marked on the gallery floor could be viewed
as both a conceptual framework for the display of the nine 'elements'
that made up the work '1 and 3', and also as an integral part of
the work itself.
The row of spaces on each side of the triangle
were initially filled with each artist's three pieces, which (like
the Kosuth work) consisted of an image element, a real element, and
a text element. (and in that order)
The audience was invited to become
participants in this interactive piece: (sticking to the Instructions
below), by moving the elements around as they chose. There were
however only a very limited number of possible arrangements following
these simple Instructions, (to be followed so as to ensure that
the piece remained consistent with the idea behind '1 and 3').
For
ease of use each of the nine elements had been marked with its own
unique identifier: a coloured numbered dot,
(Yellow 1, 2, 3. Green 1, 2, 3. Blue 1, 2, 3.)
Yellow for Dædalus, Green for Ball, Blue for McKeran.
1 for image, 2 for object, 3 for text.
The 2 simple
rules that had to be followed at all times:
1. Each side must contain only 1 image, 1 object, 1 text element.
(and in that order from left to right).
2. Each side must contain only 1 element from each participant.
Each number and colour could therefore only appear once on each
side.
The numbers 1, 2, 3 had to be in numerical order from left to right.
The nine elements:
Yellow1, Yellow2, Yellow3, Green1, Green2, Green3, Blue1, Blue2,
Blue3, could thus only be arranged to make up the following 6 sides,
Yellow1-Green2-Blue3, Yellow1-Blue2-Green3, Green1-Yellow2-Blue3,
Green1-Blue2-Yellow3, Blue1-Green2-Yellow3, Blue1-Yellow2-Green3.
Giving only 2 possible combinations for the piece:
(1)Yellow1-Green2-Blue3, Green1-Blue2-Yellow3, Blue1-Yellow2-Green3.
and
(2)Yellow1-Blue2-Green3, Green1-Yellow2-Blue3, Blue1-Green2-Yellow3.
Giving 12 possible permutations when rotations etc were taken into
account.
For instance
Yellow1-Green2-Blue3, Blue1-Yellow2-Green3, Green1-Blue2-Yellow3.
was a different arrangement (and hence layout) of (1) above, but
only in the order of the sides. And so on...
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