' G R E E N S I T E ' 1 9 9 4 '

Travelling exhibition

Manila Phillipines and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art Western Australia
  • Instructions :
  • This Green 3.5" computer disk contains .... the colour GREEN ....
  • It is a VIRTUAL colour in a VIRTUAL space ... 'GREENSITE'
  • The image files are in PC/IBM PCX VGA 16 Colour format although of course there is only the colour green shown. The images may be viewed with any IBM/PC compatible VGA screen computer and an image viewing programme
  • eg. Paint programme - File Viewer.
  • The files are:
  • GREENSML.PCX : VIRTUAL SCREENSITE OF GREEN 736 x 566 IN SIZE GREENBIG.PCX : TRIPLE H/VIRTUAL GREENSITE 1840 x1415 IN SIZE GREEHIGH.PCX : QUADRUPAL HEIGHT H/VIRTUAL GREENSITE 736 X 2264 IN SIZE GREEWIDE.PCX : QUADRUPAL WIDTH H/VIRTUAL GREENSITE 2944 x 566 IN SIZE GREESITE.TXT :
  • THIS DOCUMENT SPACE : EMPTINESS * H/VIRTUAL = OFFSCREEN EXTENDED VIRTUAL IMAGE = HYPER-VIRTUAL
  • In HYPER-VIRTUAL IMAGES the image area extends beyond the screen and may be accessed by using the arrow keys to move around the hyper- virtual green colour site.
  • This work is about two things ....
  • 1 The colour GREEN and its contemporary connotations.
  • 2 The word VIRTUAL and its implied meaning.
  • * If no computer is available to unpack/unwrap 'GREENSITE' just read this wrapping and think of the colour GREEN as it extends out from and beyond your imagination.

Douglas Sheerer - Perth Western Australia 27 March 1994