This series of etchings was printed in January 2001 at Jeff Kropp’s printshop, in Oakland, California. The series of three etchings was produced in an edition of sixteen.

In this series of three prints several ideas are conveyed. In each of the three works, the two same plates were used for the upper image, and two different plates were used on the bottom plates. The images are published in graphite, peach, and olive colors, and are intended to hang together so that color difference is noticed first, and the difference in the plates is acknowledged after a longer period of looking.

The title refers to a commonly used phrase in the semiconductor industry and means to disclose trade secrets. Usually a non disclosure agreement has been signed in advance, and allows for the useful exchange of planned and production products. The “V” shape in the upper square looked like a kimono opening at the cleavage, and reveals knowledge and intimacy, and implied trust.

Wafers, salvaged from an electronics company in 1993/1994 were treated like normal copper plates. They were inked, and pressed in a traditional printing method. These prints have four plates: two square ones and two round wafers.