Don Wilkison

IG: ministerofinformation

As much civil servant as artist, Don Wilkison’s work is informed by his scientist’s background. As m.o.i. aka The Minister of Information, he works in a variety of approaches and media, including collaborative public installations and interventions, experimental film, photography, print making, and sculpture. His civic engagements lie at the intersection of middle-class economics, progressive politics, and environmental science. This is an art practice rooted in active experimentation uncovering how human actions intersect with the world.

List of submitted works:

1) Perpetual Waterfall. 2019. Wood, found and re-purposed objects, house paint, water.

Dimensions: ~4ft (l) by 6 ft (h) by 4 ft (d) as installed. 2) Perpetual Turntable. 2019. Wood, paint, and re-purposed objects. Dimensions: ~2 ft by 5

ft by 2 ft. 3) Perpetual Sign. 2019 Wood, paint, found and re-purposed objects. Dimensions: ~ 8 ft by

6 ft by 4 ft as installed.

About the works.

These sculptures were created for a project entitled Perpetual Motion. The works interrogate and play with the notion of “perpetual motion” from both a scientific and artistic perspective. Two works, Perpetual Waterfall and Perpetual Turntable, are powered by solar-charged batteries. Perpetual Sign is powered by the action of people riding a stationary bike that generates electricity which then both turned the sign and allowed for the participate and viewers to charge various electronic devices. Up to 4 devices could be charged at once. Found and reclaimed objects (including the solar panels) were used to produce each work.