ZERO ONE
These vessels recall the Victorian taxonomists’ careful documentation of
the mysteries of nature; the urge to separate and preserve in isolation parts
of a living and contiguous world beyond immediate comprehension. The work explores the hybrid status of
these objects: between nature and representation, art and science.
The vessels mysterious forms elude classification: are they organic or
mineral? Living or dead? Marine or terrestrial? Alien or earthly? Art or
science?
These forms exist in an elegant state of suspended animation, separated
from one another by the artifices of science, they call upon us to unravel
their mysteries; interrogate their connections. We are required, in looking at
these works, to examine our position as passive observers and to engage in a
narrative process of rebuilding and reconnection.
