I know I don't know (2014)
neon, 3.6 x 3.6m
I know I don’t know was commissioned for the science department at Monash University, Clayton campus, Melbourne. The sign is animated and switches between various combinations of the words “I”, “know”, and “don’t” and other words found within them such as “ow” and “now” and “on” and “no” to make short phrases.
A combination of the words and phrases make up the 35 different states of the signs in the following way:
I know I don’t know, I don’t, don’t, o oo, I ow on, o no, no now, no, no I don’t know, no I don’t, now now, I know now, I know, I, o no, I know I don’t know, I know, I don’t know, no no, I do know, I know I do, no o, now I don’t, I don’t, no, I do now, I know now, I know, I ow, now, ow, ow, I don’t know I, I know I don’t, I know I don’t know, ,