Things I Knew To Be True

Things I Knew To Be True is a meditation on the passing of knowledge, and the compounding transformations of meaning that accrue in the processes of translation, interpretation, and understanding. Composed of eight hundred twenty two plates of salvaged steel plasma-cut to evoke a written language — the characters of which take the form of abstracted human figures — it is a handmade manuscript of the artist’s own reflections on the passage of time, life and death. Exhibited as a wall-mounted monumental paragraph, Things I Knew To Be True is a fluid and unverifiable chronicle into which each reader will read their own story.

This work is made from recycled steel salvaged from industrial oilfield fabrication. All plasma-cutting and welding involved in the creation of this work was powered by solar energy.

View EPL Milner’s introductory video to the Capital City art collection, including a brief interview with Peter von Tiesenhausen, here.