Sculptures
Currently, I am trying to gain more understanding about working with physical space: the two dimensional surface versus three, the concept of multiple or higher dimensions, and how I might express these ideas visually. I began experimenting on two levels. The first was manipulating screenprints on paper and clear acrylic. Seeing the printed image distorted causes the eye and mind to reinterpret a flat surface and hence the entire print. How much of space is in the way we perceive it, and how much of it is actual reality?
Object
These experimental sculptures attempt to give consciousness a physical form and are the prototype for the sculptures below.
Between Dimensions
Between Dimensions (2012 onwards) aims to confuse the viewer as to where the sculpture ends and its shadow begins. It is one part inspired by Plato's Analogy of the cave in 'The Republic' and the question regarding our perception of reality, and the other part inspired by Rudolf Steiner's proposition that our consciousness 'resides' in higher dimensions. I wanted to draw parallels between the materiality of an object and it's non-physical shadow, with that of our physical bodies and our non-physical consciousness. Each cannot exist without the other.
‘Between Dimensions’ were first exhibited in London, and a series of them have been commissioned by the Il Lido Group for their wine bar AURA, located in the rooftop of the National Gallery of Singapore.
Web of Consciousness
Web of Consciousness (2013 onwards) is based on the theory that we are all connected to a universal intelligence and to each other’s consciousness. The sculpture is also a metaphor for our relationship with nature and the fragility of our ecosystem. When one point comes apart many of the other points are affected. The links are broken and the whole structure suffers. Currently, our view of the world and the way we live is very much focused on individual points rather than the structure as a whole. We need to begin to understand that we are all interconnected and our actions affect one another in ways we cannot ever know.
‘Web Of Consciousness’ was first exhibited in The British Library, London, in 2013. Subsequently it has been in numerous exhibitions, and a series of them were commissioned by the Il Lido Group for their restaurant Art, located inside the National Gallery of Singapore.