Opposition / Situation / Disclosure

Opposition / Situation / Disclosure are three works made from the same set of unwanted objects and materials, some sourced from a bungalow built in 1966, the year I was born. They form a set of potentials or dynamics, utilising minimal, modular configurations to explore different meanings. The specific nature and limited quantities of the materials means that all three works cannot exist at the same time.

The configurations invite multiple interpretations and potentially intimate moments, but remain rife with ambivalence. Are we connected, or disconnected? Are we in private, or in public? Can we see, or hear? Is there an argument? Can we survive the barrier between us? Have we got involved where we shouldn’t be involved?

Materials suggest connections, like the rope that gently whispers through the holes in the doors. The function of the objects suggest the presence of people, their institutional blue colour palette evokes non-places and institutional environments, saying, or maybe commanding, “use me.” Doors signify openings or entrances, but are completely dysfunctional. There is a feeling or suggestion that it doesn’t matter how hard you work to come together, you can never come together – there’s always a distance between you.

The components are fragile, not secured in place. They speak of balancing acts between people, tenuous relationships, people coping with each other, leaning on each other, needing each other. The work implies that structures themselves are not fixed, instead they are held up by people – we lean into the job of being each other’s support, but it wouldn’t take much for it all to fall apart.