Mike Cooter | Mussel Mind (Loaded Die)

Mussel Mind (Loaded Die)
2014

Loaded Die partially reconstructed, loaned from the Hunt Museum (Limerick), stone, c.16th century.

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Loaded Die in fragments, loaned from the Hunt Museum (Limerick), stone, c.16th century.

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A Throw of Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, etched and laser-cut plastic with screenprint, 86 x 119cm, 2014

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A Throw of Dice Will Never Abolish Chance [detail], etched and laser-cut plastic with screenprint, 86 x 119cm, 2014

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De Stijl table, Eileen Gray, plywood, paint and woodstain, 64 x 62 x 82 cm, 1922 (refabricated 2014)

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De Stijl table [detail], Eileen Gray, plywood, paint and woodstain, 64 x 62 x 82 cm, 1922 (refabricated 2014)

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Table lamp, Gerrit Rietveld, metal, paint, electrical fittings and bulb, wood, 12 x 15 x 38cm, 1925 (refabricated 2014)

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The Model and the Void, industrial 99% silver on polycarbonate, 30 x 36cm, 2014

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Mussel Mind (Loaded Die) was a mixed-media installation produced for exhibition during the Askeaton Contemporary Arts residency, Co. Limerick, Ireland in the summer of 2014. The four-room presentation, occupying a single vacant building in Askeaton, curated new works, re-fabrications, some current research and a museum loan into an interconnected web of reference points and ‘departments’, as follows:

Artefacts room: Loaded Die in fragments, loaned from the Hunt Museum (Limerick), stone, c.16^th century.

Munster Business Information Centre (ground floor): A Throw of Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, etched and laser-cut plastic with screenprint, 86 x 119cm, 2014

Locally-foraged mussels, cooked marinière-style, and a reference library.

Living: De Stijl table, Eileen Gray, plywood, paint and woodstain, 64 x 62 x 82 cm, 1922 (refabricated 2014)

Table lamp, Gerrit Rietveld, metal, paint, electrical fittings and bulb, wood, 12 x 15 x 38cm, 1925 (refabricated 2014)

Cinema: The Model and the Void, industrial 99% silver on polycarbonate, 30 x 36cm, 2014

With thanks to: The Hunt Museum (Limerick); System Label (Askeaton) Ltd; Seanie Barron; Ray Griffin; Sean Lynch; An Endless Supply; curator Michele Horrigan, fellow resident artists, and the team of Askeaton Contemporary Arts.