Simon Starling - 38 frames - Auto xylo pyro cyclo boros by anniesue

Simon Starling - 38 frames - Auto xylo pyro cyclo boros

Very interesting exhibition.

For this "piece" - and 38 Frames is not its name - I was inordinately pleased not to have read the context before I saw the work.

Perhaps I should have guessed - there was a hint in its actual name - and another piece had the same concept.
Mayday, Mayday!
October 9th, 2025  
Shark attack???
October 9th, 2025  
Abandon ship?
October 9th, 2025  
@illinilass @narayani you've both got the end result - whereas @30pics4jackiesdiamond is dramatically deluded!!
But it's the "why?" that's that's the art part. And the photo I've chosen to post is not meant to give the defining clue.
October 9th, 2025  
Hang on, he’s sawing it now, on the water?
They’re obviously prepared for a dunking.
Is it some kind of performance art where they are destroying the ‘piece’ as part of the performance?
Can’t help thinking that sitting next to a hot boiler as it gets immersed in a cold lake is a ballsy* think to do.



* by ‘ballsy’, I mean ‘stoopid’.
October 10th, 2025  
Just googled it - go on, try and put the proper title up! 😄

Incidentally, wonder if he was a Deacon Blue fan?
October 10th, 2025  
Looks like some kind of stunt with a steam engine in the middle?
October 10th, 2025  
@plebster did it in one - just need to split it into its constituent parts!

And there's an article referring to the Deacon Blue song with the boat called Dignity :-).
October 10th, 2025  
@plebster He lived to do conceptual art again!

I came into the slideshow part way through, saw the ragged boat without understanding it - and the next frame was a close up of the saw!
October 10th, 2025  
@seacreature yes, they're firing the engine with wood from the boat until it sinks
October 11th, 2025  
@anniesue

I quite like the concept of it - I'd have liked to have seen it in progress at the time. Still not sure I'd want to sit next to it though.😀
October 11th, 2025  
@plebster go on - you know you want to!
October 11th, 2025  
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