escape

installation using found materials, stoke-on-trent.
2008

commissioned by airspace, stoke-on-trent.
7 - 30 november 2008.

escape is a response to the proposed building of europe's largest tesco.
i intend to build a giant tesco sign from materials found on the building site. the sign will be sited in a disused shop-space nearby - it will appear to have burst through the floor and wall, and be so big that only the letters 'ESC' from the middle of the word will be visible.

CUBElab

residency at CUBE, manchester.
2008

the residency ran from 1st august to 6th september 2008.

i responded to the architecture of the residency space, and of the surrounding area of manchester city centre. work was constructed mainly from materials found in and around CUBE.

my focus was initially on how visitors and staff (and i) used the space. the space is a thoroughfare, which is something i had to bear in mind whilst designing and building the work. i produced architectural-seeming alterations that affected how people interacted with the space. these alterations were intended to almost appear as intentional parts of the original building design with only their unusual positioning, material and/or angle betraying their purpose.

i regularly documented all aspects of the residency online in a weblog through photographs, drawing and writing.

visit project website

photo

a photoblog; a growing collection of photographs. updated regularly.
2008 - ongoing

net.weight

a platform for thinking about net-based art in a sculptural context.
2006 - ongoing

23.09.08

escape

coming soon to stoke-on-trent: new work - escape.
part of conjunction 08, organised by airspace gallery.

rich @ 16:36 more...

07.09.08

CUBElab is over

you can review all of the works, drawings and photos on the project page here.

rich @ 18:18 more...

01.09.08

once more…

...and for one week only i’m back at CUBE in manchester for my final residency session.

rich @ 12:47 more...

17.08.08

CUBElab part two

tomorrow i go back up to manchester for five days for part two of CUBElab. i’ll be continuing to build on the works begun in week one - and possibly change them a bit too.

rich @ 13:58 more...

07.08.08

conjunction 08

i’ve been selected for conjunction 08, an exhibition organised by airspace.
the show takes place in november.
more details soon.

rich @ 13:23 more...
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