After the completion of Jupiter Room i was asked to exhibit some work in a group show called Ishihara. This is an exhibition set up by Jason Kerley and Adam Lewis-Jacob who graduated from the Arts Institute last year. This is the first time Ive heard of students sticking around and starting to make something happen in Bournemouth, rather than moving to somewhere where things are already rolling, so I was really keen on getting involved. I wanted to make a follow on peice of work from Jupiter Room which would incorporate unachieved elements from the show. The work is presented as a harvested 'sample' from the shop space, packaged and delivered to the gallery space and presented in far greater abundance suggesting the activity of further growth. To add to this idea of the work staying active a sound peice was added and played from within the structure. The sound was the fluctuating levels of a sort of white noise static that is produced when the lights are stacked loosely in a pile, moving slowly together to find a place of stability. This is something that I discovered from playing with the lights in the studio but was never realised within the shop space. I knew that Ishihara would be a hard place to exhibit any sort of sound peice, as with lots of people talking and music playing it would get drowned out. Because of the nature of the work this wasnt an issue, the sound wasnt obvious, more a discovery by being close to the structure or something searched for after reading the accompanying text. I enjoyed this.
