I noticed this
drawing near my studio. It was a series
of lines made on an unfixed surface of many, many particles of dirt. The
message would wear away as the content of the words was enacted. The writing
was to reserve the area so that large trucks could use it as a spot to turn
around. As the trucks did so, their tyres would erase the message.
The text only needed
to be temporary as the trucks were only there to conduct a job that involved
the mounds of dirt that surrounded the message. By the time the words were
becoming illegible, the trucks were probably not around any more.
This drawing is (and
will always be) in a state of change or movement. Unlike a line scratched
through the surface, the paint holds together the bits of dirt. It is a permanent
material sitting on the top layer. The paint won’t go away, but the dirt will
rearrange itself (or be rearranged).