PETALS IN THREE LAYERS
Garden
Petals in three layers. The oldest text in the series, in its simplest geometry.
The hidden text
Ἔρος δ’ ἐτίναξέ μοι φρένας, ὠς ἄνεμος κὰτ ὄρος δρύσιν ἐμπέτων. Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα καὶ Πληΐαδες· μέσαι δὲ νύκτες, παρὰ δ’ ἔρχετ’ ὤρα, ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω. In English, my rendering
Love shook my heart, like a wind on the mountain falling upon the oaks. The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the hour goes by, and I lie alone.
Sappho, fragments 47 and 168B Public domain — ancient text, 7th century BC
This is exactly what the sheet carries. The reader returns it letter for letter.
Measurements
- Words
- 28
- On the sheet
- 338 bytes
- Capacity
- 958 bytes
- Fill
- 35%
- Line length
- 2.15 m
- Data rungs
- 1,917
- Paper
- A4 · 210 × 297 mm
Prints
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered. Choose a size:
