{"id":18490,"date":"2023-11-28T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/?page_id=18490"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:44:22","slug":"tracks-image-of-the-mind-1987-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/tracks-image-of-the-mind-1987-2023\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A white-painted canvas measuring six meters in width and two meters in length, is secured onto a high-traffic main road just before the start of the evening rush hour<\/p>\n<p>The canvas is secured to the road&#8217;s surface using durable aluminum adhesive tape to ensure perfect adhesion to the asphalt surface<\/p>\n<p>The number of cars passing over the canvas within the next hour is then counted using a manual counter or a similar measuring device. This facilitates the precise titling of the artwork as &#8222;Tracks \/ (xxx\/number) Cars Across Canvas&#8220;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe canvas with the tire marks is removed after precisely one hour, stretched onto a large wooden stretcher, and framed with slim, natural strips of beechwood<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe mental image of this artwork can now be projected or visualized on any empty white wall of appropriate size<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Tracks&#8220;, 19987\/2023, Reto Jeltsch, instruction text for artwork creation\/image of the mind<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nNote: Originally, the project was supposed to be realized in 1990 on Dornacherstrasse in Basel\/Switzerland at the level of Winkelriedplatz. However, the project was never executed and is now presented solely as an image of the mind for interested readers of this text<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/imaginations\/\"><<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A white-painted canvas measuring six meters in width and two meters in length, is secured onto a high-traffic main road just before the start of the evening rush hour The canvas is secured to the road&#8217;s surface using durable aluminum adhesive tape to ensure perfect adhesion to the asphalt surface The number &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/tracks-image-of-the-mind-1987-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18490"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42412,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18490\/revisions\/42412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}