INSTALLATION PROPOSAL: Wells Art Contemporary 2025
Title of Work: Making Sense #2 (2025)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas and linen
Dimension: 840 cm (length of 12 steps approx) x 43 cm (width of the steps approx) x 20 cm (max height of the work)
Mock up for Proposal
In response to the theme ‘Flowing Light’ the proposed installation associates itself with concepts of gathering and seeking truth in its capacity to form. Created from leftover studio remnants, use is restored to discarded material through a process of spiralling and enclosing in paint. The work is an accumulation of objects and alludes to a multitude of architectural spires. To spire, is to breathe in Latin and to inspire is to breathe life into. Giving light to material once left in the dark, a gathering of forms emerge to come together to create one work.
Chapter House Steps (left hand side)
I have chosen the Chapter House steps (left hand side) as a space for the proposed work because I am interested in the nature of steps in reference to repeated platforms which act as stage sets. Addressing notions of hierarchy with ascending and descending characteristics, each step is a supporting structure for the components of the work to unfold into. The proposed installation is in progress, and is expanding as a series of small objects which bring life to disused and discarded material. Useful once again, the objects become parts of a narrative. For this space it is the intention to make around 600 objects which will be distributed over the 12 steps. Playing with pattern and rhythm the Chapter House steps would act as a space for the work to unfold and to emerge, creating 12 scenarios within the form as a whole.
Proposal plan for Making Sense #2 on the Chapter House Steps (left hand side)
Consideration towards the colour of the stone may affect colour outcomes of the work (currently painted white) by lightly dipping the base of each object in an earthy tone such as tea or oil. This would relate to concepts of anointing which adheres to my interest in ceremonial activities explored in past works.