28 stones & a load of rubbish

28 STONES & A LOAD OF RUBBISH 2013

There is a subtext on disposability, that which was once valued is discarded, rediscovered and transformed; in the reprocessing regaining value. Value here, to be understood both the fiscal and contextual sense.

… On the other side of the room, in front of the second window is another plinth, on this is placed a porcelain sculpture deriving from scavenged plastic. On the back wall a light box projects an image of plastic objects, … There is also a sculptural object.

This piece, can be viewed in purely formal terms…but again its referential elements draw on associations with the sea and man’s impact on, and use of it as a mode of transport. From a hole in the rear wall, rubbish intrudes into the space, whilst intruding into the Utengasse, the sound of the sea and seagulls pours into the space…