for a test bed
(in which) I wish I could sleep
John Manton, 2025
in alphabetical order
Datasheets
Manufacturer datasheets for Tyvek Housewrap and Tyvek 1442R
Digest
1 digital photographic print, mounted on foamboard, cut into 25 sections 7 x 7 cm approx., set into tetra pak carton bases, painted with household emulsion colour-matched to the flyleaf of Traces of the Future (Bristol: Intellect, 2016), arranged on a wooden frame.
For Kevin
A 3 minute 30 second video, looped, projected without sound, composting archival film, historical fieldwork, and old artworks.
Installation media
1 A4 sheet, with QR codes.
Quilt cover
Tyvek Housewrap, 360 x 140 cm. Acrylic paint, permanent ink, and snap fasteners. Fishing line. Bulldog clips.
Sheet
Tyvek 1442R, 400 x 154 cm, folded in two. Bulldog clips.
Summer Studio 2024
A 6 minute 57 second video, with sound, looped, touring a draft installation and its outputs (processed using Hugin and Meshroom).
Traces
6 digital photographic prints, 40 x 40 cm approx., mounted on foamboard. Originally part of Feasting #1, installed at Ovada, Dec 2022.
Feasting in the Archives 