PRAVDA means truth in Russian. Starting from the Russian translation of the two words HOME and HOLE and using the same rigorous language of simple mathematical equations and diagrams than in TRUCE, the two words are deconstructed and reconstructed into a series of wise Russian truths.

The installation consists of

• 2 artists books; TRUCE and PRAVDA presented on music stands. 20 pages each of diagrams text and holes lovingly perforated by the artist.
• 4 diagrams of mathematical equations revealing the whole process of translation and deconstruction.
• 2 piles of 5000 words each, individually cut out and printed on both sides; one pile of HOME/DOM (home in Russian) one pile of HOLE/DIRA (hole in Russian).

Exhibited in August 1999 at the 4th St. Petersburg Biennial and won first prize for both performance and installation.

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