Ever so lightly
2023
Found chairs, various nylon twine
Dimensions variable (90 x 190 x 34cm)
Ever so lightly was made during my 2023 residency at PADA in Portugal. Residencies operate as laboratories for me to discover new sculptural blueprints, which I work with over time, sometimes recreating and iterating on these patterns to tease out new possibilities and meanings. The chairs are stripped back and redacted; by removing their function, I reveal their vulnerability and make space for relationships to be implied. Are they interdependent, or tied to one another? Where is their tipping point? The minimal gesture of attachment provides just enough structure to hold the chairs together, but there is a sense that they could fall apart at any moment.