About This Artwork

Stefan Sagmeister (Austrian, born 1962)
Ralph Ammer (German, born 1973)

Being Not Truthful Always Works Against Me (edition 1/10), 2006

Interactive projection
64 x 74 in.
Celia and David Hilliard Fund and Funds provided by the Architecture & Design Society, 2008.561

Architecture and Design
Not on Display

Stefan Sagmeister’s graphic designs are often unsettling, engaging the viewer through a combination of subtle wit and humor, married with sinister undertones and references drawn from popular culture. The project Being Not Truthful Always Works against Me was created in collaboration with Ralph Ammer, and it is comprised of those words digitally woven into a projected spiderweb. As a viewer passes in front of the work, a sensor captures the movement, and the web begins to break down, resulting in its eventual destruction and dissolution. However, when the viewer has gone, the web reconstructs itself time and again, playfully mimicking the regenerating power of an actual spider through digital means.