Project description

“In 2006, Samuil Stoyanov was invited to participate in an exhibition on text and writing as a visual means of expression. He responded to the invitation by proposing an “anti-visual” ‘work devoted to reading. “Eyesight check-up” is an exact copy of an ophthalmologic chart, only diminished to the size of a page from the catalogue for the exhibition. It is implemented and exists only as part of the pocket-size book thus imparting to it the aura of an art work. The author does not determine the distance from which the viewer – reader should be looking at it, nor does he guarantee that good eyesight ensures adequate reading. The viewer is unable to verify their ability to read, unless they are given a text, because abstract symbols serve only the mechanical visual capabilities.”
Daniela Radeva, 2010