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Annika Borg

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's perspective) and is developed from a point (the dice rolls with dots representing numbers).

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The project «one and one hundred dice rolls a day»

has been ongoing since 1994. Dice are rolled and number combinations are noted – every day.

A unique numerical material is collected and forms

the basis for various forms of transformations.

Numbers, being such an abstract material, can be transformed in many ways. This work is undoubtedly colored by a particular perspective

– it is seen from a certain place.

This place is me, the artist.

So, who am I, the artist, in this project?

Who am I who acts, collects, transforms, and visualizes?

Who am I who sees, experiences, reflects, reasons, and further develops this in many ways interconnected project?

I, THE ARTIST

My approach to working with these numbers is like a conglomerate which has built over time from elements in my environment, interests, experiences, and lessons learned. From my growing up, through the path to preparatory art school and during my formal art education – and further.

What caught my attention,

colored my interests,

came with me along the way?

It starts in the middle …

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>> references

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1. Smørgrav,«John Cage».

2. Moi, «Philip Glass».

3. Wikipedia, «Morton Feldman».

4. Lønmo, «Meningsbærende tilfeldigheter».

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