I have been keen to get an installation room for a while in order to photographs some works properly in a blank space for my website. The collaborative latex work 'Common Ground (43 Hours)', which I made with Ed has been puzzling me for a while, regarding how to document it. We decided that the latex itself was not the work and was itself the documentation of the liquid latex inhibiting people from using the space normally; however, I still wanted to have some photographs of the latex presented clearly so that it would be clearly shown on my website.
Firstly, I laid it on the floor, and quite liked how the curve interacted with the right angle of the installation room walls. I also immediately saw how the work was changed by being in a new space - the artificial light and white walls makes the work eerie and charges it with
unfamiliar connotations of the uncanny. Perhaps this was more a feeling that I had at the time as I always find the installation room a little sinister and unnerving, but I'm sure there are hints of it that come across in the photos. For some reason, the colour of the latex on the floor makes me think of the dark, leathered skin of bog bodies.
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