Prehistoric dice
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3 Irregularly shaped granite dice, polished and placed arbitrarily on a reflective black base. (PREHISTORIC DICE is to be made in a series of three similar but separate works, to be titled as PREHISTORIC DICE I, PREHISTORIC DICE II and PREHISTORIC DICE III. Each separate work will contain three dice – three dice on three different bases, nine dice in all. Each dice is somewhat distorted by its own unique set of historic and geological circumstances and its own submission to chance. The black dice with their amorphous fluidity are further reflected in the a pool of black presented by the smooth base on which they rest. Latin text on all three works to be placed outer edge of base.)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE I: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 40mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 15 kg. dice 2 – 60 kg. dice 3 – 94 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • FATUM NOS IUNGEBIT – Fate will link us all (Fate, especially the inescapable fate of death is due to all of us) • FATUM IUSTUM STULTORUM – The just fate of fools (Fate, by right will be the end of idiots and dimwits) • DATA FATA SECUTUS – Following what is decreed by fate – Virgil (Allow providence and coincidence to set the pace) • IN ESTO FATUM NIHIL OBSTAT – Upon fate there can be no objection (one can’t argue against the inevitable)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE II: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 30mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 15 kg. dice 2 – 60 kg. dice 3 – 94 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • QUOD FATUM – Done deal or sealed fate • QUO FATA FERUNT – Where the fates bear us to (the motto of Bermuda). • AMOR FATI – Love of fate – Nietzsche’s alternative world view to memento mori ‘remember you must die.’ • SIC ERAT IN FATIS So it was fated, thus it was written in destiny (uttered by Jupiter, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE III: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 30mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 80 kg. dice 2 – 35 kg. dice 3 – 18 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • HABENT SUA FATA LIBELLI The survival of our books depend on our ability to understand them • FATA VIAM INVENIENT Fate will find a way - Virgil • VERA E PROPRIA FORTUNA Sheer luck • FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI Fortune controls our lives (the lyric of Carmina Burana)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE I: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 40mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 15 kg. dice 2 – 60 kg. dice 3 – 94 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • FATUM NOS IUNGEBIT – Fate will link us all (Fate, especially the inescapable fate of death is due to all of us) • FATUM IUSTUM STULTORUM – The just fate of fools (Fate, by right will be the end of idiots and dimwits) • DATA FATA SECUTUS – Following what is decreed by fate – Virgil (Allow providence and coincidence to set the pace) • IN ESTO FATUM NIHIL OBSTAT – Upon fate there can be no objection (one can’t argue against the inevitable)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE II: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 30mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 15 kg. dice 2 – 60 kg. dice 3 – 94 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • QUOD FATUM – Done deal or sealed fate • QUO FATA FERUNT – Where the fates bear us to (the motto of Bermuda). • AMOR FATI – Love of fate – Nietzsche’s alternative world view to memento mori ‘remember you must die.’ • SIC ERAT IN FATIS So it was fated, thus it was written in destiny (uttered by Jupiter, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses)
Details for PREHISTORIC DICE III: Base – Transkei black granite 1255 mm. X 1000 mm. X 30mm; Dice – Belfast black granite (dice 1 – 80 kg. dice 2 – 35 kg. dice 3 – 18 kg.); Text – All text in Times New Roman script letter height 35 mm. • HABENT SUA FATA LIBELLI The survival of our books depend on our ability to understand them • FATA VIAM INVENIENT Fate will find a way - Virgil • VERA E PROPRIA FORTUNA Sheer luck • FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI Fortune controls our lives (the lyric of Carmina Burana)