Collection: SPILL Exhibition
what do our objects say about our time here on earth? Not just the ones that we purchase or come by on purpose...but the stuff that is built up around us accidentally. What if we lined up our expensive bags shoes cars next to objects we rely on/use and then easily discard throughout the day; satsuma peel bike chain shoe lace plate broken headphone newspaper pen lid bottle top plastic bag jigsaw piece train ticket coffee cup lid plug condom parcel tape Pret a manger napkin. Would it elevate the supposedly unremarkable? Or would it make the pieces we’ve spent money on seem of less significance?
When we cut the safety chord of consumption; when we crawl out of the burrow blinking into the light and fly above the mess we have made, we suddenly notice the stacks of our actions piled up below us; chaos!… bits and pieces spilling out of every orifice… And yet there is a worth in validating where we have decided to place our obsessions; our wants, needs and desires for love. Every object, every material, has a story to tell. Like volcanos erupting through the collision of tectonic plates; the spillage and overflow of our stuff has the power for aesthetic beauty as well as destruction.
Many of the textures and layers incorporated into the exhibition draw on the way people have taken a moment - a seemingly insignificant one - to stack up their cardboard, place it in the recycling and press it down; creating delicate layers of crinkling card that reveal intricate patterns, faces, shapes and textures, all from a moment motivated by practicality. packing stacking dropping throwing things away all day long.
The sculptures themselves realise the duality between weights and textures; soft hard light delicate heavy. The stuff that we carry around on our bodies thoughtlessly everyday; the bulky weight of large keychains that always fall out your hand and the light dust at the bottom of your bag of 5 years.
Spill realises stories of personalities, people, humans, events, daily annoyances, rituals, throwaway comments and tasks that are a part of the everyday. Visualising narratives through messy works that represent our inner psyches but also the reality of our outer worlds and the impact our actions have (often without realising it); the glasses frame we just snapped the pen that exploded ink the Trek Bar wrapper we just binned. Beyond the facade of the polished photo clean coat brushed hair…
Below is a selection of pieces from this show that are currently for sale.
