Gizmo 2016
Mixed media | Performance (3 hour duration) | BAS8 Takeover Event, Norwich
Gizmo, a gadget with inner components of human bodies, has engineering faults; vented scaled towers of linen baskets discharge scratching scourers, soaked sponges, floppy mop heads, tangled linen line and spiky toilet brushes. The device suddenly shudders, moves with stutters and clumsily bumps into walls with no compatibility for steps. Bound in a circuit of conduit, workers are imprisoned in the dysfunctional rusting machine - their nonsensical movement relational and limited. The cable-tied structures connect to systems of control within mass industrial culture; designed with problematic blueprints for social cleansing, breakdowns are inevitable.
Mixed media | Performance (3 hour duration) | BAS8 Takeover Event, Norwich
Gizmo, a gadget with inner components of human bodies, has engineering faults; vented scaled towers of linen baskets discharge scratching scourers, soaked sponges, floppy mop heads, tangled linen line and spiky toilet brushes. The device suddenly shudders, moves with stutters and clumsily bumps into walls with no compatibility for steps. Bound in a circuit of conduit, workers are imprisoned in the dysfunctional rusting machine - their nonsensical movement relational and limited. The cable-tied structures connect to systems of control within mass industrial culture; designed with problematic blueprints for social cleansing, breakdowns are inevitable.
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper
Photo: Rosie Cooper