The Fourth Chair 001

Joseph Kosuth Created his work ‘One and Three Chairs’ over half a century ago, in 1965. He presented the same chair in three different ways: the chair itself, the chair photographed and print of a dictionary definition of the word chair. As such these were a comprehensive catalogue of representation in their time.

The Fourth Chair presents two mechanical representation aids, made two hundred years apart: A Camera Lucida - used to present a virtual image of the subject on top of a piece of drawing paper; and a smartphone, which today is the most prevalent way of taking a photograph. These are weighed against the subject: a chair.

The Fourth Chair is part of an ongoing exploration of digital representation and its role and function in expanding our catalogue of means of representation.