Andrew Salomone

1st December to 15th December 2007.

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‘Say Anything’ was the second commissioned project to be exhibited at CommonPlace Amateur Projects, Studio One, 10 Burgh Quay, Dublin. Work will be available for viewing from Saturday 1st December and the exhibition will continue each Saturday until the 15th December 2007. Directions and appointments can be arranged via email or phone. Alternatively, call by the studio over Saturday 1st, 8th or 15th December between 12pm and 6pm

Biography

Andrew Salomone was born in California and spends time between Southern California and Ireland. Trained as a fine art printmaker, Salomone has developed a unique means of merging forms of image reproduction with contemporary social and political concerns. He recently undertook a residency at the Mantua Art Project in Roscommon and is currently based between Dublin and Cork. He will be participating in the second Human Resources exhibition that will take place in Barons Self Storage, Galway in November titled: City Of Ideas. CPAP is his first solo project.

www.andrewsalomone.com

Say Anything

The works in this project are based on the infamous Ouija Board, but have been re-designed to relate to contemporary social and technological issues that influence our everyday lives. An example of one of these works is called the Offline Oracle. The Offline Oracle is basically a take-off on the standard Ouija Board, but instead of using it to contact dead people, it is based on the idea that our subconscious mind records information that our conscious mind does not always have the ability to access. This is similar to the way that a computer saves information about webpages that it accesses on the Internet. The ‘Offline Oracle’ works by answering questions that you don’t consciously know the answer to but have stored somewhere in your subconscious such as, where did I leave my car keys? or how much did I have to drink last night? this way you can use the Offline Oracle’ to find out whatever it is you want to know, and think that you might know, even if you don’t have access to the internet [A. Salomone 2007]

The concept behind this project is to create devices to help us deal with the plethora of options and opportunities at our disposal in contemporary life. These devices rely on emotional response rather than factual evidence and logical analysis as a method of making rational decisions in our lives.
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