Expressions of Fragility, 2024

Expressions of Fragility is a ‘gesamtkunstwerk’; a mixed-media installation, borne out of artistic research.  The installation is a layered composition in which the boundaries between form, material and process and between research and outcome are fragile. The installation is not an exhaustive collection of research – indeed, it is an ongoing process – but a curated selection of poetic gestures of fragility. Creating works in the space was important because the fragility of the works do not easily allow for transportation. 

Elements include: hand-drawn notations, stitched drawings, sculptures of plaster and of paper and thread, photographs, projections and spoken word. Individual pieces are found close to the ground or placed high up; wrapped around edges; gathered in corners; taped delicately to walls, left precariously on surfaces, suspended from above. The visitor is required to listen out for the spoken word, visually seek out the components – and take care around them – similarly to the way that we interact with fragile objects in the world. 

Exhibited at the University of Arts Berlin, 2024