Chaos
chaos n. non-coherence, decomposition, disunion, discontinuity, random order, amorphism, unstructured, formlessness, scattering
To what extent do our surroundings give us a coherent sense of ourselves?
Do endless cuboids and delineated pathways of streets, corridors and roads construct a feeling of our being here?
In chaos, the artist subverts the image of cobblestones, a material most usually stable and enduring beneath our feet, rendering it sheer and unreal as it is screen-printed onto clear acrylic ‘walls’.
Instead of ‘supporting’, these walls move and sway, casting shadows and creating a disorientating yet alluring space for the viewer to enter; where their reflection distorts and slips reappearing again within the textures of the cobbles.
Shades of sheer cobalt blue and fluorescent orange act to dispel the reading of the image, referring instead to the emotive repel+attraction of a WARNING! sign.
Chaos 2002
Screenprinted acrylic sheet, acrylic paint 7 x 3 x 2.5m
