Artist of the Week - 24th May 2011
Same splinters, 12/2010 , flattened work, digital print
Words/
atoms/epoch/inter-/fizz/ / /contra/ambivalent/para-/emission / /allegory/us
I make work bordering upon system and chaos, logic and dysfunction. The work incites a questioning and confrontation with purpose, thought and influence. Working with familiar non-precious materials; paper, thread, sugar, staples etc, allows for a relationship synonymous with mark, and an exploration in metaphorical value of the functional. The work aims to create a contemplative space for the viewer. In an obsessive interaction with the controlled variable: White.
White is the visual framework of my practice; it attempts absence of reality in the creation of a space in-between conflicting thoughts.
‘white can be seen as the basic form of life or information that emerges from chaos; it is that extreme form of negative entropy that is bound and determined to make clean escape’- Kenya Hara, White
My practice is influenced by a fascination with theories of understanding, of our Universe and existence within it; this harks back to a naivety but an interest in all things, or in things unknown. This space between knowledge, of things intangible and incomprehensible is the exact area in which my practice sits.
Empty Configured Hush, 02/2011,
paper, text, pen, sugar, mirrored container, projection
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