Realising that I was interested in movement in relation to the spaces at The Minories and other work in the show, I asked Darren Ellis if he would be interested in collaborating on developing work for this exhibition. In discussion we proposed two approaches:
– coming into the gallery and moving through the space to view the exhibition, with the movement drawn from work in the elastic. This would mean an awkward and indirect movement, the reasons for which would not be obvious. The space and the exhibits would be delineated and discovered through a route and progress that was slow, hindered by unseen obstructions, illogical and unrelated to the layout of the space or the works on display.
Still from installation of film ‘Living Room’ at the Place, movement drawn from work in elastic web.
– bringing together ideas from an earlier work, Born Equal, where I moved in a constraining body suit which was embedded with pigment and some of the experiments in space with Darren and the dancer Hannah, coinciding with thinking about entitlement and the urban environment. This would be about seeking a place in the gallery to rest and view, without confidence or a sense of having permission, skirting the edges and testing spaces to lean, sit or lie.
