BRAIDED RIVERBEDS
River
You cannot step into the same river twice. The drawing braids riverbeds that part and rejoin — and the text inside them says exactly that.
The hidden text
Ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμβαίνουσιν ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ. Πάντα ῥεῖ. Ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή. Ἡ φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ. In English, my rendering
On those who step into the same rivers, ever different waters flow. Everything flows. The way up and the way down are one and the same. Nature loves to hide.
Heraclitus of Ephesus, fragments Public domain — ancient text, c. 500 BC
This is exactly what the sheet carries. The reader returns it letter for letter.
Measurements
- Words
- 21
- On the sheet
- 236 bytes
- Capacity
- 1006 bytes
- Fill
- 23%
- Line length
- 2.2 m
- Data rungs
- 2,013
- Paper
- A4 · 210 × 297 mm
Prints
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered. Choose a size:
