The theme of this year's show is 'Testing' and artists were encouraged to try new techniques, different to what they'd usually do. I've been picking up solar garden lights in cheapo shops recently, not sure what I'd do with them, but I could see they had potential. Tidying up last week in the studio I found this limestone block that I'd started carving into years ago. The head is a load of congealed paint and silicone from plastic jars, stacked on top of eachother, with two latex condoms over them because the silicone got tacky when I tried cleaning it with white spirits.
The lights come on when it gets dark enough, like at twilight, lighting up two slide images of a pine forest and a barbed-wire-walled yard.
These are backed with phosphorescent pigment which continues to glow after the lights either conk out or are switched off, type of thing..
This 3rd photo is when he's on the windowsill inside the gallery there on Wednesday charging up for the opening on Thursday the 4th. The two bars that look like flourescent lights in this photo are spoke reflectors reflecting the camera flash.
The lights come on when it gets dark enough, like at twilight, lighting up two slide images of a pine forest and a barbed-wire-walled yard.
These are backed with phosphorescent pigment which continues to glow after the lights either conk out or are switched off, type of thing..
This 3rd photo is when he's on the windowsill inside the gallery there on Wednesday charging up for the opening on Thursday the 4th. The two bars that look like flourescent lights in this photo are spoke reflectors reflecting the camera flash.