Encyclopaedia of Missing Art
Rumour spread that one of the four horizontal, orange rectangles from the artwork untitled discussions no. 2 had ‘gone missing’. The Art Authorities met in front of the artwork to discuss whether this was so. One Authority proposed that the artwork had always consisted of a component that was ‘missing’ by being the ‘negative’ or ‘missing space’ of one of the other orange rectangles. ‘But this could not be’, argued another, for I distinctly

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remember passing by the other day and seeing four “positive” rectangles”. ‘But memory can play a funny trick in giving an object a certain “presence”, even though it might be missing.’ ‘What rot’, exclaimed another. We are Art Authorities, not Psychoanalysts. What sort of corner are we getting into?’ But before discussing the missing rectangle further, they commenced this report by noting here the date [Friday, 29 January 1998] and time 11.52 pm .

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[floor plan details]
– window [opposite entrance]
– corner b: acute
– shelves of books that list all the missing corners
– corner e: missing
– corner a: obtuse
– shelves of books that list missing books
– discussion area
– chairs