TONER

TONER IS THE PIGMENT THAT LASER PRINTERS OR COPIERS USE WHEN THEY PRINT. THE INSTALLATION “TONER” BY DAVID STJERNHOLM CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS. ONE WHERE COLOR IS ADDED AND ANOTHER PART WHERE IT IS SUBTRACTED. THE FIRST PART CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF VASES, WHICH WERE MADE OF USED TONER CARTRIDGES IN WHICH FLOWERS WERE PLACED. DURING THE INSTALLATION PERIOD, THE FLOWERS WERE SLOWLY DYED ACCORDING TO THE COLOR OF THE CARTRIDGE IN WHICH THEY WERE PLACED. THE SECOND PART WAS INTERACTIVE AND INVITED GUESTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN “FLOWER PRINT”. IN TABLEAU’S SPACE A XEROX COPIER WERE PLACED IN WHICH ONE CUT PLACE FLOWERS UNDER THE LID AND MAKE A UNIQUE BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THE CHOSEN FLOWERS.