Below you will see some images that show the room part finished. Other inclusions are to be the chair which featured in the cololborative photography series "As given or used", with photographer Denise Swanson FBIPP.
As an artist I like to install work in a way that is responsive to space. On this occasion I have physically built the space. This means that the process has been that of both builder and that of an artist- physically constructing in the traditional stud wall and primer type fashion, whilst then selecting key tones and colours to install an interesting art aesthetic.
The notion of the 'home' or something that is 'homely' appeals to me, whilst simultaneously taking the 'home' out of context and formally displaying it explores perhaps a darker undertone of abandonement. My work often balances between nostalgic and discarded. Im not sure which comment I side with as the nostalgia or potential stories the object may have before falling into my hands is of great curiosity, whereas I am also met with frustration as to our throw away culture.
I am pleasantly surprised with how the refection of the object in the windows are starting to affect the landscape and indirectly explore scale and juxtaposition.
I feel "Ready Retrospective" will be an installation that explores these polars whilst also showcasing a static environment in such a way as to suggest a staged performance. This is intended through the inclusion of a half open doorway- suggesting either the potential for a performance about to happen or just missed by the viewer. An interesting parody as the objects fates are of a similar commodity- discarded but found with potential to be more, or less, something, or nothing.
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