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Christopher Miller

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Interchange Knots

Interchange Knots
Interchange Knots

Interchange knots, detail
Interchange knots, detail


Statement

Wood, windowglass, straightpins, mason-line, black guache, welded steel.
Knots have a long history of use in industry and magic. Used as tallies, they are one of the oldest systems of writing. A mason line, stretched to keep mason's brick rows level, is level by virtue of being the shortest distance between two points. A knot then is an interruption in fluidity, a breif change of course, and a moment of Chaos amidst order. It is action in a smooth running narrative. It can be likened to a voice surrounded by silence. maybe this is why knots were used in magic spells. Our vast system of roads and highway inferstructure is likely the greatest web of knots to ever tangle under the sun. Here they are presented in dynamic perspective, as in so many nostalgic overhead photos from early last century. Here they are, presented as specimens, pinned down at veiwpoints between tight and slack.