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Untitled #1, 2013 Graduate Exposure Show.
I see a layer of ashen colored dust that has been sieved onto the floor. It is an irregular shape with four unequal sides that are cleanly defined. It is no larger than an average size tabletop. A balloon that is less than half full of air has been placed on top of the dust. Yesterday the balloon was green but today it is blue.
Adjacent to the balloon is a plastic transparent cup. The type you get at children's parties or gallery openings for juice. The cup is filled to its rim with water.
Everything is sitting perfectly still. It feels almost sad. Like the remnants of some celebration now passed.
Except this is not the precarious residual after effect. It is too precise, too tidy, too considered. It is in some ways, more like a Japanese garden, "pointing its finger to what nature has to offer".
The balloon quivers with the breeze of nearby movement and is slowly exhaling as the day goes by.
I see a layer of ashen colored dust that has been sieved onto the floor. It is an irregular shape with four unequal sides that are cleanly defined. It is no larger than an average size tabletop. A balloon that is less than half full of air has been placed on top of the dust. Yesterday the balloon was green but today it is blue.
Adjacent to the balloon is a plastic transparent cup. The type you get at children's parties or gallery openings for juice. The cup is filled to its rim with water.
Everything is sitting perfectly still. It feels almost sad. Like the remnants of some celebration now passed.
Except this is not the precarious residual after effect. It is too precise, too tidy, too considered. It is in some ways, more like a Japanese garden, "pointing its finger to what nature has to offer".
The balloon quivers with the breeze of nearby movement and is slowly exhaling as the day goes by.
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Untitled #2 (interactive), 2013 Graduate Exposure Show.
-Helium tank.
-Yellow plastic cup.
-Torn card.
-Transparent plastic cup.
-Coloured balloons.
-Reel of ribbon.
-Plastic bag.
-Scissors.
-Instructions.
A sample of Stories.
-There is some confusion as the object meanders its way in front of viewer. He brushes it away with his foot and is promptly told off by security. He is watched suspiciously. A second spectator attempts to adjust the object. Again security gives a warning not to touch the art.
"But it is interactive", explains the spectator, pointing to the instructions.
Security doesn't buy it. Later on, the same security guard who has warned people 'not to touch the art' is about to pick up a cup full of water he presumes to be trash, left on floor work by some inconsiderate person. It is in fact part of the work. Just as his fingers meet the cups rim a student is quick to inform him, he is not to touch the art.
The floor work (#1) does not stay intact for long. By the end of the evening, the dust is dispersed, foot prints mark its decay and ‘Dave’ has inscribed his name next to the word 'spill' . As if to read an ode to the works very nature.
-Failing to fill the first two balloons adequately, She inflates a third balloon.
-She accidentally lets the balloon go before tying a ribbon. It floats to the ceiling and stays stuck up there. She apologises.
-She struggles for a while before giving up and passing it to a father of two. He ties a knot in the balloon. She jokes and says it’s because she doesn't have any children.
-Like a curious kid who can't help himself. He draws in a lung full of helium, pauses... and let's out an unnaturally high but infectious giggle.
-Helium tank.
-Yellow plastic cup.
-Torn card.
-Transparent plastic cup.
-Coloured balloons.
-Reel of ribbon.
-Plastic bag.
-Scissors.
-Instructions.
A sample of Stories.
-There is some confusion as the object meanders its way in front of viewer. He brushes it away with his foot and is promptly told off by security. He is watched suspiciously. A second spectator attempts to adjust the object. Again security gives a warning not to touch the art.
"But it is interactive", explains the spectator, pointing to the instructions.
Security doesn't buy it. Later on, the same security guard who has warned people 'not to touch the art' is about to pick up a cup full of water he presumes to be trash, left on floor work by some inconsiderate person. It is in fact part of the work. Just as his fingers meet the cups rim a student is quick to inform him, he is not to touch the art.
The floor work (#1) does not stay intact for long. By the end of the evening, the dust is dispersed, foot prints mark its decay and ‘Dave’ has inscribed his name next to the word 'spill' . As if to read an ode to the works very nature.
-Failing to fill the first two balloons adequately, She inflates a third balloon.
-She accidentally lets the balloon go before tying a ribbon. It floats to the ceiling and stays stuck up there. She apologises.
-She struggles for a while before giving up and passing it to a father of two. He ties a knot in the balloon. She jokes and says it’s because she doesn't have any children.
-Like a curious kid who can't help himself. He draws in a lung full of helium, pauses... and let's out an unnaturally high but infectious giggle.
