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OHO Projects, David Nez

OHO Projects, David Nez
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    • OHO Projects, David Nez
  • 1970
  • Thermo-fax, 3 sheets stapled
  • 29,7 × 21,1 cm
For his “Time-Space Structures,” David Nez used a camera to record the shifting of a point of light (a flare) in different ways and different directions. The pictures show various forms (a straight line, a circle, a curve etc.), which are actually visual (spatial) equivalents to movement (time). In these and similar works, the OHO artists appear to have been interested in symmetry and symmetrical relations (even the clearly “transcendental” projects very often include symmetrical structures). Several OHO works from 1970 dealt with symmetry in a direct way. Nez’s “Symmetric-Parallel Realization” consisted of two equally long parallel lines of gasoline. Each line was ignited at one end so as to create a flame that would move along the line. One line was ignited at noon; the other, from the opposite end, at midnight. This seemingly simple action thus created a net of complex, but strictly symmetrical relations in time and space.

Cf. Igor Zabel, ‘A Short History of OHO.’ In: “OHO” Exhibition catalog. Moderna galerija Ljubljana. Frankfurt: Revolver, 1994. p. 130.