Rural Reality part 1 and 2
A rural farming idyll is moulded through urban sensibilities and television programmes as more people lose touch with the raw reality of the countryside: 80% of the population now live in towns and cities.
Rural Reality part 1
Materials: discarded television, fibreglass, old television aerial, chrome legs, rubber
Dimensions: 80 x 86 x 50 cm
Rural Reality part 2
'Skin' of 'Rural Reality part 1' inverted, fed, hung.
Materials: rubber, expandable foam, steel meat hook and chain, barbed wire
Dimensions: 170 x 57 x 50 cm plus chain
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A rural farming idyll is moulded through urban sensibilities and television programmes as more people lose touch with the raw reality of the countryside: 80% of the population now live in towns and cities.
Rural Reality part 1
Materials: discarded television, fibreglass, old television aerial, chrome legs, rubber
Dimensions: 80 x 86 x 50 cm
Rural Reality part 2
'Skin' of 'Rural Reality part 1' inverted, fed, hung.
Materials: rubber, expandable foam, steel meat hook and chain, barbed wire
Dimensions: 170 x 57 x 50 cm plus chain
Click the images to enlarge
I
Materials: old shoe lasts, magnifying glasses, paint, text on clear Perspex
Dimensions: 25 x 244 x 30 cm
Materials: old shoe lasts, magnifying glasses, paint, text on clear Perspex
Dimensions: 25 x 244 x 30 cm
Surplus
A collection of photographic images of clear plastic packaging printed onto scrap pieces of clear Perspex. The forms have been photographed in a style that reflects the transient nature of their role.
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A collection of photographic images of clear plastic packaging printed onto scrap pieces of clear Perspex. The forms have been photographed in a style that reflects the transient nature of their role.
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Public Convenience
Materials: 352 discarded disposable tissue toilet seat covers and varnish
Dimensions: 450 x 380 x 4 mm
Materials: 352 discarded disposable tissue toilet seat covers and varnish
Dimensions: 450 x 380 x 4 mm
Mirror (detail of room)
Materialism is reflected in ‘Mirror’: a room decorated with ‘wallpaper’ created from collaged photographs of discarded possessions.
Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 2 metres
Materialism is reflected in ‘Mirror’: a room decorated with ‘wallpaper’ created from collaged photographs of discarded possessions.
Dimensions: 2 x 2 x 2 metres
You Don’t Love Me Anymore
A collection of abandoned seats photographed and collaged into a contemporary fabric design. Printed design on collapsible chair referencing fly tipping.
Materials: metal chair frame, printed polyester canvas, bias tape
Dimensions: 74 x 60 x 50 cm
A collection of abandoned seats photographed and collaged into a contemporary fabric design. Printed design on collapsible chair referencing fly tipping.
Materials: metal chair frame, printed polyester canvas, bias tape
Dimensions: 74 x 60 x 50 cm
Love Poems
Series of photographic images printed onto see-thru mirrored Perspex. 'Love Poems' are poetic images of abandoned possessions and equipment creating a visual puzzle capturing both the onlooker and the image in one frame.
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Series of photographic images printed onto see-thru mirrored Perspex. 'Love Poems' are poetic images of abandoned possessions and equipment creating a visual puzzle capturing both the onlooker and the image in one frame.
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