Can the installation of a sculptural object be presented as
a performative act? Can sculpture perform? Do the props used within performance
take on object status when presented outside of their original context. In my
studio practice I have been researching these different disciplines
respectively. By coming together with other artists to explore the seemingly
incompatible emphasis on form and function, the richness of our investigation
comes from mapping the territory between the two.
For coexist, we present a series of items and accompanying
texts that attempt to address the questions outlined above. The status of these
items, whether considered as props from performances or sculptural objects in
their own right, remains undefined. The viewer is also left uncertain as to
whether they refer to past works or those yet to be realized. By deliberately
obscuring the purpose for which these items exist, the question of what happens
when they attempt to coexist is raised. At various points during the exhibition
some of these objects will be activated and used performatively within and
between the two spaces.
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