Allotment: Dots and Boxes

In this ongoing series of works the  game Dots and Boxes is played with a particular group of artists and other contributors, who share concerns in the general area of the Concrete.  These are then made into animations including each move in the game and a painting, in oil on paper, of the final composition.

Allotment: Dots and Boxes series, 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm
Accompanying gif animation, 2.15 mins (shown below)

Allotment: Dots and Boxes series, 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm
Accompanying gif animation, 2.19 mins (shown below)

While the colours in these Dots and Boxes games are determined by the contributors' choice from a particular range of paints, Dots and Boxes works have also been made employing colours specific to a particular context, such as the examples below.

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series (I), 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series (II), 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series (III), 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series (IV), 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: 5 x 5 Sudoku colour series (V), 2018
Oil paint on paper,  34.1 x 31cm

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: Crop Rotation series

Allotment: Dots and Boxes: Crop Rotation series (4 players), IV, 2017
Oil paint on paper, 34.1 x 31cm

Installation at AIS, Japan
Allotment: Dots and Boxes: Crop Rotation series (4 players), 2017
Oil paint on paper, each 34.1 x 31cm

Photo courtesy of Atsuo Hukuda / AIS