The Long Scroll is an attempt to account for every day of my life from graduation at UCLA on June 16, 1970 until the end of the century on December 31, 1999. The scroll is 36 inches high by 30 feet long and is gridded into approximately 11,000 1-inch square spaces.
Each space is annotated, using rubber stamps, with signs indicating the activity for that day: studio or commission work, travel, house or studio renovation, group and solo exhibitions, reviews and so on. There are pictures of almost every art project I've ever worked on. Context was provided through photos of family and friends, vacations, news, movies, music, fashion, etc.
Most days have been accounted for and about 5000 photographs have been glued on. This project was begun in earnest in the Fall of 1997. I do not know when--or whether--it will be finished.
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