Another success of the work was how its existance within the shop made not only the shop itself apart of the work but also the structure housing the work, the audience coming to see the work and even the numerous other empty shops within the area and when these were seen and thought about. Because we had the shop setup in this un inviting manner there was a forced slowing down for the veiwer and this was definatley what i wanted when having the work just a few steps away from a busy street, the work was an enviroment where one would spend time in and think about what has happen both suggestively and physically.
Something I enjoyed about making Tunnels was how the work stayed active, and there are ways in which i want to explore this with Jupiter Room. We had talked about adding a sound peice to the work but never got around to exploring the possibility, i had discoverd that when the flourescent tubes are stacked and compressed together they make this wonderful static sound, you can hear it without seeing any movement with the structure. I'd wanted to record this and have it playing as an atmospheric element to Jupiter Room, what i think i'm going to do now is re-exhibit the Flourescent tubes in greater abundance and sitting in an open wooden crate as if they have been harvested as an ever growing sample from their original environment. I really like this idea that sculpture is not something that just sits stale and inactive as soon as its completed but something that is eternally active by what it gives each time it is veiwed.
Something that has been amazing with this exhibition and sorting everything out ourselves is the creative control over each element, working with another artists has been hugely rewarding also, discoverying what we are actually doing together, Jupiter Room was not a direct collaboration more the result of a running dialogue between two artist's practice and doing this finding out alot about my own practice.
