Earth on earth/ Mudface; cast of a face ca 80x65cm, in
earth on earth. "Mudface" was made by pressing earth into a
plaster-mould directly on the gallery floor, where it was a part of a
larger installation. It was later moved outside and left on the ground
where it changed by nature over time until it dissapeared completely.
Sussex UK - 1998
The tree pictures below are from my final project Earth to Earth, which was exibited at Ruskin Hall, Emerson College, in june 1998. The Installation, which was framed in veils of cotton gauze hanging from the roof all around, was some kind of theatrical event consisting of found objects, props and sculptures made of perishable materials, - all made to be dismantled back to materials after the show.
Trapped; mask made of cotton gauze and PVA, rusty iron barrel, barbed wire, reinforcing bars
Mudface; earth a heap of straw is seen in the background
Words; marker ink and spray paint on plastic and cottton gauze
Bricks&Slates; changing sculpture - 1997 this changing sculpture went on during ten days on a lawn where people used to have their coffe brake on benches nearby. I changed the relations between bricks and slates during the night or earley morning before anyone else was there. As the constallations on the lawn changed, it captured people's attention more and more, and I noticed how easily people identified the piles of stone with beeings whose movements reflected human emotions. After the ten days performance the stones went back to their old selves as building materials behind a garden shed.
Silk and oak - Sussex -1996 The wood piece is about 150cm long, cut from oak tree, burned on one side, with a cut and a little blue paint in the top,and polished underneath. It is hanging in invisible nylon wires from an oak tree. The wood piece is also fixed to the ground with nylon wires, to make it lie still and give the illusion of it's floating in the air. The blue silk piece is shaped with a metal wire on one side and hanging by invisible nylon wires from the branches above. The silk piece moves constantly in the wind, and the wood piece, like a steady ship, does not move at all.