Inhabitant
2009
Cardboard
Dimensions variable
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The artist has recycled discarded items of cardboard, plastic and wood to create the piece. Due to the origin of the materials, a fragility is present through the structure. I interpret the use the particular materials, items which are generally used for packaging and temporary refuge of goods, to demonstrates an idea of communication and the inevitable temporary life of structures and architecture, regardless of the materials that are used to create them.
The form is multi-levelled and dimensional. The buildings protrude out of the piece in such a way that would appear random, the intention of the artist was to purposely go after a look that would be straddling between being half-built and half derelict, demonstrating the dichotomy between possibility and decay.
The form is multi-levelled and dimensional. The buildings protrude out of the piece in such a way that would appear random, the intention of the artist was to purposely go after a look that would be straddling between being half-built and half derelict, demonstrating the dichotomy between possibility and decay.
The structure is designed to be worn, almost as a garment, and perhaps demonstrates the effect that living within a metropolis can have on a person. The anonymity and, contrastingly, vulnerability offered from being inside the structure is suggestive of the place that an individual holds within a busy metropolis society The inhibition that is brought about from being inside the structure, without sight and the ability to move properly, is wholly encompassing. The body is a building that houses the mind.
I find that the piece explores the relationship between humans and architecture; the ideas of shelter and the person who inhabits that selter, in addition to the way the inhabitant is affected by doing so. The dichotomy of the transient and the temporary are explored in her artworks and the artists finds that the architectural element in the piece demonstrates man's attempt to create permeance and legacy through building. The piece explores the place that an individual will take within a city in regards to both the physical and the psychological.
This work is ideological and emotive. The use of the piece as a garment allows me to visualise the ideas of inhabitance and the engulfing effect that it can have on an individual. The work makes me ponder the temporary nature of architecture; regardless of the materials used, the building will eventually begin to decay. The spindly nature of the of the buildings on the structure also give heed to this idea and have caused me to think about my urban surroundings and what they might represent or are monumental in the name of. It makes me think of homelessness and loneliness, anxiety and panic.
I think this artwork is interesting to look at in terms of the way that the artist is exploring the idea of being an inhabitant within a city. The space that we have chosen for our Settings installation is an interesting space in that it is in the middle of the city but has somehow been forgotten and abandoned. I like the idea that a viewer can go into that space and almost feel separate from the rest of the city, as if they have removed themselves from it.
This work is ideological and emotive. The use of the piece as a garment allows me to visualise the ideas of inhabitance and the engulfing effect that it can have on an individual. The work makes me ponder the temporary nature of architecture; regardless of the materials used, the building will eventually begin to decay. The spindly nature of the of the buildings on the structure also give heed to this idea and have caused me to think about my urban surroundings and what they might represent or are monumental in the name of. It makes me think of homelessness and loneliness, anxiety and panic.
I think this artwork is interesting to look at in terms of the way that the artist is exploring the idea of being an inhabitant within a city. The space that we have chosen for our Settings installation is an interesting space in that it is in the middle of the city but has somehow been forgotten and abandoned. I like the idea that a viewer can go into that space and almost feel separate from the rest of the city, as if they have removed themselves from it.
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