A seat the table, a piece of the pie — Finnegan Shannon

A seat the table, a piece of the pie

A seat at the table, a slice of the pie

A text drawing that reads, "A Distinct Aggregation / A Dynamic Equivalent / A Generous Ethic of Invention: Six Writers Respond to Six Sculptures.” Like all the text that follows, it's a muted blue-green colour on a white background. The text fills t…
A text drawing that reads, "Let's imagine for a moment." The text is a muted blue-green colour on a white background and fills most of the page. It was hand-drawn by Aislinn, so the style differs from the first drawing. Here the text is mixed case a…
A text drawing by Shannon that reads, “Of all possibilities, this one here, now.” The all-caps text is a muted blue-green colour on a white background fills most of the page. Here, much of the text slopes down and to the right, with the exception of…
A text drawing by Aislinn that reads, “An acquisition and sloughing of details.” This drawing is mixed case and parts of the letters vary in thickness. It is a muted blue-green colour on a white background.  “And” is at a slight downward angle …
 
“A Distinct Aggregation” drawn by Shannon in all caps muted blue-green text on a white background. “A” stands at the top of the page with “distinct” sloping slightly downwards below. “Aggregation” is drawn over two lines, with “aggre-” split from “g…
A text drawing by Aislinn that reads, “A dynamic equivalent.” The mixed caps text fills most of the page and is a muted blue-green colour on a white background.  “A” is alone at the top. “Dynamic” tilts slightly upwards and below it “equivalent…
This text drawing by Shannon reads, “A generous ethic of invention.” The letters are a muted blue-green colour on a white background and take up most of the page.  There is a small mountain-like shape of white space above “invention” and below …
This text drawing is a mirror image of the first, so it is difficult to read, but from right to left it says, “A distinct Aggregation / A Dynamic Equivalent / A Generous Ethic of Invention: Six Writers Respond to Six Sculptures.” In this mirror-imag…
 

Description:
A collaboration with Aislinn Thomas as part of A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures commissioned by Banff Centre. We made a series of text drawings, the result of our dialogue about the practice of visual description.

Year: 2019–2020
Materials: Digitized drawings, printed broadsheet, PDF
Size: Dimensions variable