Sunday, 27 March 2011

Introduction to my work

My work is based on social boundaries set in place in our everyday life. The constraints of our social norms, our rules and regulations on how to live our life. How we talk, who we talk to, how we present ourselves; the invisible puppet strings that control our every move, our every thought.

The idea of my work is to find different ways to confine people in different spaces and environments. I want to read between the lines of the life we perceive as normal, boring, everyday; yet when you actually think about it , every inch is monitored by these so called norms. To do this I will work my way towards making a sculpture that influences the feelings of its audience. I want my audience to feel anxious, used, exploited and insignificant when they are around my sculpture (like a cage, suffocated if you will). This is because when it comes down to it, you are insignificant, just a tiny cog in this massive socially, politically constructed universe.

My work is largely based on the audience’s reaction.