Seeing Is Forgetting

“Can I push the ball?” “Have you surfed it yet?” “That’s no surf board, that’s a bowling pin!” Comments from the Culver City Art Walk 2009 regarding the 10’ bowling pin and 4’ bowling ball entitled If Slater Bowled.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Lifestyle	Free	Alison Wright	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Seeing is Forgetting is a “mix and match” photographic study of the original artwork If Slater Bowled which was on view during the Culver City Artwalk 2009. The bowling pin’s iconic shape despite obvious scale manipulation and even when used as a surfboard is difficult to overcome. Based on the title to Robert Irwin’s biography and the Paul Valery quote “ Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing that one sees” the photographs break down the icon, developing discrete views which expose the shape of the pin in all it’s inherent sexuality.

This iPhone application incorporates these images and allows you to reconfigure the pin by scrolling into more than 1,000 variations. Wright worked with Application Designer, Benjamin Sussman to develop a way for art to be accessible.

Alison Wright, 2010

Seeing Is Forgetting

Reviews

Beautiful App
TheBenno

Gorgeous artistic app! We need more art apps on the store.

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El Porto

Don't download this app unless you want to be severely depressed

Single Pin Red
D. Montgomery

Great App. Congrats App Store! This is a beautiful piece and a huge departure from functional applications. Nice diversity!

Seeing is forgetting
petpatrolkitty

I can carry around this beautiful little ART app in my pocket.

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Shade11024

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but... I've always thought art should have some meaning, you know, make you feel something when you see it. The only thing this makes me feel is that whoever made this app wasted their time. I know standards have been dropping, but various views of a bowling pin? That's just.... Ugh, if you're not high or tripping on something, this is complete trite.