I stand in front of a mirror – my mirror image – my life, and marvel. What is my part in this place as part of the world, the whole? I start to shape and paint what I see. What do the transient shadows reveal about space balancing? How do the shades, shapes lines and layers define the new space? Their positions are fleeting and the layers continuously veil and then reveal a universal essence. Through movement and time, forms and shades seem to fade into a pale and distant obscurity.
The intention is to create a moving space of identity that reflects and deflects through different transparent materials: glass, mirror and Perspex. Though it is made of steel it is hung from fishing line creating a sense of ‘lightness’. The movement of the sculpture is shaped through the wind and the reflected by the light. The viewer’s interaction creates a personal moment - where new aspects of identity can be recognized. A reflection provides a point of view - belonging or estrangement?
The piece is symbolic for diversity, unity and definitions of identity. It is made up of ‘individual’ parts that form a whole with each unique piece balanced cautiously. The sculpture is the medium where the viewer views and is viewed. This is a space where the viewer and the subject are one. Some parts can exist alone; others are strengthened or have to be supported by being connected - like our relationships. As the context and shape change so does the reflection and identity. What creates identity – the mirrors or what the viewer sees in them? Who identifies whom? Who defines whom?
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ReplyDeleteThat was the BIG question of Alexander Calder, the inventor of the mobile sculpture. He saw volumes and spaces interrelating in continuos motion, free from gravity, always changing. I see the same in your play of identities, the within and the without in a continuous conversation.
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