Current Projects | Common Place
A commissioned collaborative work between myself, sculptor Mark Selby and composer performer Sam Bailey for the Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury. We were to initially consider the narrative of the ‘curator’s cupboard’ and the objects within it to develop an installation that challenged the boundaries between gallery space, workspace, and performative space. Theatrical references, such as curtains, sets and stages, were used to transform the gallery space, using several developed textile designs and purpose-built structures. This created a scenario to propose an event as a way to examine performance and explore the potentiality of these usually unseen objects and hidden spaces as their formal elements were re-staged in the gallery.
The evolving exhibition aimed to question the recognised static exhibition format of presenting artworks as ‘final outcomes’ by displaying the continuous dialogue and exchange between the curators and artists as the exhibition developed.
During Common Place the gallery was used both as a workspace and exhibition space. Sam Bailey and myself developed a new piece of music in response to the formal qualities of the gallery and the objects occupying the space. Together, we created an ordered harmony from the former chaos of the ‘curator’s cupboard’, culminating in a concluding performance at the end of the exhibition.
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Image credit Rebecca Waterworth
A commissioned collaborative work between myself, sculptor Mark Selby and composer performer Sam Bailey for the Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury. We were to initially consider the narrative of the ‘curator’s cupboard’ and the objects within it to develop an installation that challenged the boundaries between gallery space, workspace, and performative space. Theatrical references, such as curtains, sets and stages, were used to transform the gallery space, using several developed textile designs and purpose-built structures. This created a scenario to propose an event as a way to examine performance and explore the potentiality of these usually unseen objects and hidden spaces as their formal elements were re-staged in the gallery.
The evolving exhibition aimed to question the recognised static exhibition format of presenting artworks as ‘final outcomes’ by displaying the continuous dialogue and exchange between the curators and artists as the exhibition developed.
During Common Place the gallery was used both as a workspace and exhibition space. Sam Bailey and myself developed a new piece of music in response to the formal qualities of the gallery and the objects occupying the space. Together, we created an ordered harmony from the former chaos of the ‘curator’s cupboard’, culminating in a concluding performance at the end of the exhibition.
Image credit Rebecca Waterworth