Playing about
Have been working alot recently so studio time has been scarce but I have been playing around with a piece that I did before Christmas today and it has led to a new chain of thought. The original piece Bangkok Barrier (2008) was part of my hybrid objects series that took functioning objects and recreated them so to speak in a new context. This piece drew from my travels in Bangkok and the delightfully low level of craftsmanship of some common pavement barriers I encountered. I built a solid barrier using found wood and created this object which I was planning to place around town. I will be producing another soon.
However I brutishly tore apart my fragile structure, exposing nails and wood and each part became singular. I then in (a variety of combinations) rearranged the wood to create delicately balanced structures which hinted at the design of the original without the over biding authoritarian structure that it originally imposed. I documented these different manifestations in an experimental way. It has sparked some ideas about the way I create structures and how they are received.
