Until 2016
Twist Ties | Performance (5 hours 30 minutes duration) | Crypt Gallery, London / Tate Modern
Until involves the repetitive tying of twist ties - a thin, bendy wire covered in paper, used to temporarily seal food bags - found scattered on the floor. The material, designed to be mouldable by hand is chosen for its flexible nature and boundary shifting state. Beginning as a mass of straight lines, their white blankness is open to proxies - thoughts, information, fragments of time. The hand proceeds with an absurd endeavour, picking up each twist tie individually to create an ongoing line of connections which over time, coils into loops with a thorn-like feel - a defence mechanism against seemingly endless options. The tactile search for meaning is led by one limited action; such a self-imposed rule conversely provides a sense of freedom, a liberation that comes with commitment, despite mundane pain. Charlie works alone on the floor, a fragile primal position, slowly processing the mess to create a more complex and purposeful chaos.
Twist Ties | Performance (5 hours 30 minutes duration) | Crypt Gallery, London / Tate Modern
Until involves the repetitive tying of twist ties - a thin, bendy wire covered in paper, used to temporarily seal food bags - found scattered on the floor. The material, designed to be mouldable by hand is chosen for its flexible nature and boundary shifting state. Beginning as a mass of straight lines, their white blankness is open to proxies - thoughts, information, fragments of time. The hand proceeds with an absurd endeavour, picking up each twist tie individually to create an ongoing line of connections which over time, coils into loops with a thorn-like feel - a defence mechanism against seemingly endless options. The tactile search for meaning is led by one limited action; such a self-imposed rule conversely provides a sense of freedom, a liberation that comes with commitment, despite mundane pain. Charlie works alone on the floor, a fragile primal position, slowly processing the mess to create a more complex and purposeful chaos.
Photo: Yarli Allison
