I’ve spent the last few weeks preparing new work for my next exhibition.
Here are the details of the show:
Situation/Intervention: Construct/De-construct. An exhibition that directly addresses and celebrates the building in which it is housed, examining the relationship between content and environment. CUSP is proud to present new work by Ludmila Bebjakova, Ian Maslen and Patrick Mifsud.
Two Queens Gallery, Two Queen Street, Leicester LE1 1QW
Private view/opening night 6-9pm Saturday 11th August
Exhibition runs until the 25th August.
I have decided to focus on making one piece of work, inspired by an image I found on the web of a building that was destroyed when a dam collapsed. I was attracted to this image due to the semi-collapsed side wall that is leaning over. As soon as I saw it, I knew that I wanted to make a piece of work based around it. You can see the image here
I will be constructing the work in the space, and I will allow things to change and to an extent, go wrong during this process. It is my hope that it will look like a cross between the work I made last Summer, and the image of the dam ravaged building.
Between now and the 6th of August, when I get access to the space, it will be a case of making drawings, measurements and models to develop this idea. Although it can always completely turn on it’s head during the actual making process.
I have been building small cardboard structures to get idea in 3D what things may look like. I think really for this, I need to start using different materials, namely balsa wood and strip wood. This is an area that I feel I should concentrate on developing, especially for making proposals. Making small scale tower structures and photographing them also seems like a good route to take.
