Encyclopaedia of Difficult Art Decisions
We were asked by an art authority to install a wall protector on wall 5, to save the wall from being marked by people leaning against it while discussing the artwork on wall 4. We promptly attended to the task, however upon completing it we discovered that the wall protector, in not only being the same colour as the artwork on wall 4, but also made of the same vinyl material, confused the distinction between itself and the artwork. Now we’re not authorities on art, but it seemed obvious to us that this was a matter of great concern, for the general art public might mistakenly connect the art object and the wall protector, as is easy to do, and wastefully attempt to fathom the

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meaning of the connection. To avoid this we searched for other protectors and found the last two; however, neither was better that the first, as one was also of the same colour as the artwork, and the other had been patched with a piece of vinyl that was surprisingly a similar size as the artwork, as well as the same colour. We found it impossible to decide just which of the three was least confusing and therefore most suitable, so we filed a ‘Difficult Art Decision’ report in order for an art authority to consider and solve the matter. Meanwhile, the situation has been left as it is — at this time [10:15 am] and on this day [Wednesday, 8.10.97] — until such moment as a final decision is made.

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– wall 4
– wall 5
– two folded wall protectors
– table for reviewing forgotten decisions
– shelves of filed not too difficult ‘Difficult Art Decision’
– very invisible stairs

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– wall 4
– wall 5
– two folded wall protectors
– table for reviewing mistaken decisions
– shelves of filed ‘Difficult Art Decisions’ too difficult to ever solve
– slightly invisible stairs

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– wall 4
– wall 5
– two folded wall protectors
– table for reviewing invisible decisions
– shelves of filed pretending-to-be-difficult ‘Difficult Art Decisions’