A dice roll is the very image of randomness. Every day since September 1, 1994, I have rolled a set of six dice, written down the number combinations and collected the numerical material in an ever-growing physical archive. The project is entitled "one and one hundred dice rolls a day". I use this numerical material as a starting point for transformations by translating each number, 1 to 6, into one sign, shape, sound or word, and by creating rules for how these translations will be used further. This method shapes the concrete outcomes and results in series or other forms of progressions and connections. What unites the different sub-projects that stem from the dice roll project is an exploration of the inherent nature of this special material and its potential for form, expression, and visibility, as well as a fascination with the diversity and variations generated, and with results I cannot fully predict. In this exposition, I will describe, make visible, and reflect on the working method, process, and the development of the formal language and expressions that have emerged from this ongoing, and in many ways interconnected, artistic project. The project is seen from a place (that of me, the artist) and is developed from a point (the dice rolls with dots representing numbers).
Sett fra et sted, utviklet fra et punkt
Annika Borg is a visual artist based in Trondheim. She graduated from Trondheim Academy of Fine Art in 1996. Borg works process based within a conceptual framework, with action, collection, transformation, and visualization as central methodologies. Her artistic material is numbers collected from daily dice rolls. Borg’s work has been shown in several exhibitions, group exhibitions as well as solo shows. Her work is included in public art collections, and she has received public art commissions, often for public educational buildings and learning environments. She has regularly worked as an art consultant, mainly for Trondheim Municipality, and has served on numerous boards and committees within the Norwegian art field.
Since 2022, Borg is the recipient of the Norwegian Government Grant for Senior Artists.
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