FABRICATORS

Listening to : Pulled Apart By Horses – Tough Love



I was approached by artists James Capper and Alex Chinneck to produce a poster for their forthcoming group show, FABRICATORS.

This is shaping up to be a really exciting show of Young british sculpture.

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James Capper (b.1987), Alex Chinneck (b.1984), Luke Hart (b.1985) and Sam Zealey (b.1986) are interested in how things are made, how they function and the properties of materials. James Capper sheds light on industrial processes, Sam Zealey on engineering, Alex Chinneck on architecture and Luke Hart on advanced materials.

These artists are problem-solvers, creating sculpture that can suggest answers to spatial concerns, and, in doing so, pose new questions. They investigate the relationships between humans and the physical structures and tools that we interact with. One aspect of this investigation is the exploration into the different possibilities of materials, including their molecular make-up, physical properties and applications.

The works are part of an evolving experimentation into the form and function of sculpture. Influenced by a variety of disciplines, these sculptures partake of processes and methodologies that one would not associate with conventional art practice. Drawing upon the history of industrial processes as much as the art canon, the work of these artists does not revolve solely around a physical studio but is topically and intellectually integrated into the world.

Alma Zevi, 2012.

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It was great to work on an exihibition poster. It feels like a neglected craft and and element of an exhibition often overlooked by curators and artists putting on shows. I worked on this poster in a simular method as i do when designing gig posters - not actually being part of the show meant i could approach the design from an outside perspective. And much like the gig posters it was intended to be a mark and celebration of the show both now and for the future rather than just an advertising tool.

 

These posters will be printed up and available, from the Gallery, signed by the exhibiting artists in very limited numbers.

 

BRAVO Nils Guadagnin

Listening to: the sounds of the cat snoring next to me.



HOVERBOARD - NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

The Hoverboard is a project born in 2008 for an exhibition named "Back To the future". This work is a copy of the hoverboard from the movie Back to the Future II. Integrated into the board and the plinth is an electromagnetic system which levitates the board. A laser system stabilises the object in the air.
In the making of this work, I was thinking about different ways of presenting sculpture. In fact it's a reflexion on the multiple possibilities of how to give a sculpture full spatial autonomy.

At least once every couple of months ill be blown away with what technology can do. Recently THIS. Eventually the conversations lead to, 'yeah thats amazing, but if they can do that, why dont we have hover boards yet?'.

The video is really nicely shot and seems to capture the playful nature of the piece pretty well. For me the fact that its permanently stationary is a real twists to the piece, it can no longer function when it tries to complete its purpose.  The hover board is designed to wizz us around the world of tomorrow, yet this can leave the magnetic plynth it hovers above for fear that gravity might pull it back down to 2010. 2010!!!! shouldnt we have hover boards by now....

Bobby