Stories

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The pile of objects: accumulation and meaningA pile begins with a simple physical fact: one thing rests against another. Yet the arrangement quickly becomes charged with memory, labour, desire, neglect,…
The Draped Cloth: Fold and ConcealA piece of fabric can divide a room, soften an object, hide a body or make absence visible. Its folds carry the memory of touch, while its surface holds back…
The Rope in Installation: Binding and TensionRope enters an installation with a history already attached to it. It belongs to boats, building sites, clotheslines, rescue work, domestic chores and…
The Table as Stage: Surface for GatheringA table is an everyday object with an unusually rich social life. It receives food, tools, letters, flowers, dust and hands. It separates and connects bodies…
Chairs carved out of function: sculpture beyond the seatChairs inhabit every room and yet remain almost invisible, the way a wall socket or a doorknob does. We sit on them, lean against them, drag them across floors…
The Ladder as Object: Ascension and Risk in Contemporary PracticeThe ladder has long occupied an uneasy place in the visual imagination. Neither building nor sculpture in the strict sense, it belongs to the category of…
Windows as Apertures: Between Inside and OutsideWindows have always served as mediators between interior and exterior life. From the leaded panes of colonial weatherboard cottages to the floor-to-ceiling…
The Door as Threshold and Living PassageA door is never just a panel of wood, metal, or glass. It is a decision point, a moment when the body agrees to change state. Standing before a closed door,…
The Wall as Support: Drawing Beyond PaperFor most of its recent history, drawing has been a practice of modest dimensions and portable surfaces. Sheets of paper, gathered into folios and bound into…
Catching the Melt: The Candle as Artistic MediumThe candle begins where the painting ends. A painted surface holds still on the wall, but a lit wick starts to slip the moment flame touches it. Wax softens,…