House Rules
Artist's Multiple
2002 (made)
2002 (made)
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Like many contemporary artists, Rose Finn-Kelcey transcends the boundaries between visual art, performance, entertainment, and technology-based media. The artist devised House Rules with the Multiple Store at Central Saint Martins College of Art. It is a miniature illuminated, animated sign displaying an endless stream of words which appear to come from nowhere and go nowhere.
The work subverts the LED convention of informing and instructing by displaying a hypnotic flow of prohibitions. These are sporadically interrupted by dissenting or confused interjections, such as ’hnnh?’, and blurted expletives.
The work subverts the LED convention of informing and instructing by displaying a hypnotic flow of prohibitions. These are sporadically interrupted by dissenting or confused interjections, such as ’hnnh?’, and blurted expletives.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | House Rules (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Circuit board with light-emitting diodes, vaccum-formed plastic, battery and metal |
| Brief description | House Rules. 2002 Miniature circuit board with red LEDs |
| Physical description | Miniature circuit board with red Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) encased in vacuum-formed plastic with battery and mains connection |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | issued in an edition of 100 |
| Marks and inscriptions | (The stream of words lasts approximately 7 minutes, 30 seconds, on a continuous loop.) |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Like many contemporary artists, Rose Finn-Kelcey transcends the boundaries between visual art, performance, entertainment, and technology-based media. The artist devised House Rules with the Multiple Store at Central Saint Martins College of Art. It is a miniature illuminated, animated sign displaying an endless stream of words which appear to come from nowhere and go nowhere. The work subverts the LED convention of informing and instructing by displaying a hypnotic flow of prohibitions. These are sporadically interrupted by dissenting or confused interjections, such as ’hnnh?’, and blurted expletives. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.241-2003 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2004 |
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