Artist of the Week - 20th March 2011
Dust Compressor
(wood, metal jack, three weeks worth of dust, dustpan and brush)
Primarily interested in the way we as humans leave a trace of our existence, I begin to explore a socio-anthropological investigation and demand a redistribution of politics particularly those surrounding and encompassing our lives. Looking at the human imprint, what we leave behind, what we discard and what traces are left of our physical and spiritual embodiment I create work that is in many respects both physical and metaphysical. This is understood through a process of archiving and recording the spaces, objects and residue of our human presence, by using a mixture of sculpture, installation and video works.
Recently the work has expressed a desire to completely flatten out and eradicate social hierarchies affected by and effectuating of consumerism. Waiting for things, dust in this case, to naturally be destroyed and then manually become compacted.
Recently the work has expressed a desire to completely flatten out and eradicate social hierarchies affected by and effectuating of consumerism. Waiting for things, dust in this case, to naturally be destroyed and then manually become compacted.
By sweeping, crushing and compressing dust I have become almost obsessed with how to preserve and re-use this residue of others and the objects that others may encompass.
Dust is a natural essence of our lives and the world in which we live in, mostly ignored or brushed away. By forcing the viewer to see this as a solidified object, it not only represents the passing of time but also our own and that of the planets being.
Sweeping Flour
(Still from video)
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