Ryan Gander Staccato Reflections, 2017
Monitor, glass, metal stand, plants
200 x 70 x 10 cm
Staccato Reflections consists in a large freestanding backlit glossy black business directory, as one would expect to see in a foyer of a large office building. Constructed using an upright LED video screen, the directory displays animated white text in which all business names have been substituted with notes, ideas, themes and subjects from the artist’s notebook, as a ‘Word Composition’ associated with the research and development of new artistic ventures, leaving the viewer with an associative but ambiguous stream of consciousness. The digital lobby sign is surrounded by a collection of Monstera deliciosa plants (Swiss Cheese Plants), of the kind you might also expect to encounter in an office building.