Tenneson & Dale

Artist Statement

Tenneson and Dale's artwork explores the link between the Houses of Parliament (the epitome of order); the Minimalist movement (the ordered, pure art) and the various forms of public information signage (the physical manifestation of order). THE ORDER ORDER MANIFESTO The manifesto is the work The work is the manifesto... The works are executed in card The works are executed in clay The works are executed in cloth The works are executed in gloss The works are executed in ink The works are executed in metal The works are executed in paint The works are executed in paper The works are executed in plastic The works are executed in vinyl The works are executed in wood The works are executed by Tenneson and Dale The works are determined by governmental statistics The works are determined by the purity of Minimalism The works are determined by public information signage The works are Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative (After each election, the works will be repeated) The works are neutral The works are primary The works are red, yellow and blue The works are prohibition, hazard and mandatory The works are geranium, primrose and blue The works are determined by their environment The environment is the institution The institution is the framework The framework inspires the works The framework places the order The framework orders the work We will not impose the order, the order is imposed on us