Office of Cards
(Private lists, cataloging the artist's aspirations, hypertasks, and alter-egos; manic pages of noble algorithms and bygone master-plans; decks of meticulous inscriptions housed in handmade boxes, which amount to little more than) Monuments to personal shortcoming.
First Office of Cards
25 cards
White-painted and varnished plywood box, containing cards (125x88mm) of pearlescent light-blue stock, inscribed with red ink and encased between two clear plastic protectors.
159x108x19mm (6.25 x 4.25 x .75 in.)
Reference: SC.3.1.135
Second Office of Cards
25 cards
Papyrus covered plywood box, gilded on the surface over an earthen red bole, containing cards (125x88mm) of pearlescent light-blue stock, inscribed in red ink and encased between two clear plastic protectors.
159x108x19mm (6.25 x 4.25 x .75 in.)
Reference: SC.3.2.136
Third Office of Cards
23 cards
Plywood box covered in matte-lacquered paper, containing paper cards (126x88mm) hand-ruled and inscribed in various colors of ink, encased between two clear plastic protectors.
159x108x19mm (6.25 x 4.25 x .75 in.)
Reference: SC.3.4.138
The Black Office
7 cards
Black plywood box, with various undercoats of ink, paint, and varnish, containing parchment cards (125x76mm) inscribed in red and black ink, encased between two clear plastic protectors.
159x108x19mm (6.25 x 4.25 x .75 in.)
Reference: SC.3.3.137
The Next Office
23 cards
French-polished mahogany veneered plywood box, containing parchment cards (126x75mm) inscribed in red and black ink, encased between two white plastic protectors.
159x111x21mm (6.25 x 4.4 x .83 in.)
Reference: SC.3.5.139
The Smaragdine Office
40 cards
Walnut and mahogany veneered plywood box, varnished with green-tinted shellac and with parchment detail on the interior, containing mould-made paper cards (c.125x75mm), inscribed in green and gold ink.
159x110x41mm (6.25 x 4.3 x 1.6 in.)
Reference: SC.3.6.140