Anthurium is a development on the installation piece which I created for the Holden Cafe Gallery over Christmas. I liked the effect the tracing paper patterned hanging had on the environment and i wanted to see if I could further this idea.
The opportunity arose to exhibit work in Noise Lab on Market St. Manchester this month as part of Collective Vision (a collective formed in 2008 by Interactive Arts students).
The exhibition space was very different to that of the Holden Cafe Gallery and so it was interesting to see how the installation looked aesthetically within more stark surroundings.
I was happy with the piece as I feel it expressed my ideas well and and looked as decorative as I had planned.
The pattern was initially created as a wallpaper design to be used decoratively. The idea behind my work is to question the functionality that interior decoration has, and to give pattern a different form and physical presence within a space. I also wanted to consider the space itself when looking at the functionality of decoration. As a society we only decorate interior rooms which we deem comfortable living spaces. How would Anthurium work in a living room or bedroom? As the tracing paper installation acts as a barrier or screen within the space, how would the inhabitants navigate around such imposing decoration?
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