Trystan Williams works with found text and objects. Both the text and the objects are ephemeral in nature: Williams sources the text from online community forums that are generally unarchived and accessible only to members; and he finds the objects during perambulatory walks through the city. Once engraved and documented, the objects are often returned to their original site.
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cattle
2020, Laser-engraved text from the internet and emoji illumination on gifted wood
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binge
2019, Laser-etched text from the internet and emoji illumination on found slate
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internal
2020, Hand-engraved text from the internet on found tile fragment
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Algorithms
2018, Laser-engraved text from the internet and emoji illumination on found brick