Anticipated Fictions; Monumental Configurations
MDF, printed foamex, welded steel, vinyl, monumental uplighters, found stone, nuts, bolts, projections, aluminium composite, text.
This exhibition is composed of two installations. The first is based on the conflicting planning applications by two non-governmental bodies for a monument in the same street in the Northern Irish town of Magherafelt - one for a war memorial, and one for a statue of Patrick Pearse. The planning permission portal becomes like a public archive, where these theoretical monuments are endorsed or condemned; the proposals in effect not needing to exist to stake their claim on public land. A third entity is proposed, to sit with one, both, or neither of these theoretical monuments.
The second is a film based on the Windell company, again based in Magherafelt. Recently reaching its thirtieth year in business, the company creates facades for both public and private sector buildings, specialising in blast and ballistic proof frontage. Born out of the Northern Irish terrorist threat, they have adapted their manufacturing processes and market to the changing nature of worldwide threat, and balance marketing and physical insurance with the instability of online information.
To see the film, click here. Special thanks to all at Windell and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Photography by Simon Mills
This exhibition is composed of two installations. The first is based on the conflicting planning applications by two non-governmental bodies for a monument in the same street in the Northern Irish town of Magherafelt - one for a war memorial, and one for a statue of Patrick Pearse. The planning permission portal becomes like a public archive, where these theoretical monuments are endorsed or condemned; the proposals in effect not needing to exist to stake their claim on public land. A third entity is proposed, to sit with one, both, or neither of these theoretical monuments.
The second is a film based on the Windell company, again based in Magherafelt. Recently reaching its thirtieth year in business, the company creates facades for both public and private sector buildings, specialising in blast and ballistic proof frontage. Born out of the Northern Irish terrorist threat, they have adapted their manufacturing processes and market to the changing nature of worldwide threat, and balance marketing and physical insurance with the instability of online information.
To see the film, click here. Special thanks to all at Windell and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Photography by Simon Mills
