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Timothy
Hutchings
Game
Theory, Applied and Not
March 9–April
14, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, March 9, 8–10 pm
The
World's Largest Wargame Table, 2006, 29’ x 28’
x 4’ MDF, styrofoam, paint, sand, masonite, wood
Triton
Gallery, LLC, located in Nicosia, Cyprus, is pleased to present
our inaugural exhibition, a solo show by New York based artist Timothy
Hutchings. The exhibition runs from March 9th through April 14th,
2007. Game Theory,
Applied and Not, features Hutchings most ambitious sculpture
to date, The
World's Largest Wargame Table.
The work indirectly comments not only on gaming, but also on ongoing
conflicts throughout the world, and the political situation in Cyprus.
Wargaming is played by maneuvering armies throughout the sculpture's
landscape, which could be seen in relation to the United State's
contentious War on Terror or the physical and political division
of Cyprus, as well as its history of colonialism. As Catherine Amidon
states, "This contemporary overlap of the military-industrial
complex and gamers conceptually loads Hutching's work. He gives
a space for ludic play, an arena for action, and a territory for
theory. War is decided by terrain and troops, the random and the
planned; for the game designer, this strategic matrix starts earlier."
The
World's Largest Wargame Table, 2006, 29’ x 28’
x 4’ MDF, styrofoam, paint, sand, masonite, wood
Hutching's
sculpture doubles as a functional game board, meant to be played
on, and the artist encourages gamers to bring playing pieces and
model structures to activate the landscape and interact with the
work. Wargames
are similar to roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons
in that conflicts are solved with a roll of the dice, but while
Dungeons and Dragons involves single characters, wargames
involve whole armies with large numbers of troops. The artist describes
the act of wargaming as "mapping time." Functioning on
several levels, The
World's Largest Wargame Table
invites analysis
from a social science perspective or causes one to lose themselves
in escapist, yet strategic entertainment.
The
World's Largest Wargame Table, 2006, 29’ x 28’
x 4’ MDF, styrofoam, paint, sand, masonite, wood
Timothy
Hutchings has had three solo shows
at I-20 Gallery in New York. He has
exhibited at PS1/MoMA and the New Museum in New York, the Museo
de Arte Contemporaneo and the Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the Borusan
Cultural Center in Instanbul. Hutchings
will be having a solo exhibition with I-20 Gallery as part
of VIENNAFAIR'S ZONE1 in April 2007.
For
more information please contact Triton Gallery, LLC.
Tel
357.99.521159
Email info@tritongalleryllc.com
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 11–1 and 5–8 pm, Saturday
11–1 pm
Triton
Gallery, LLC, 10 Ioannis
Kliridis
Street, Suite 301, 1070 Nicosia, Cyprus
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