Twinning continues an important shift in emphasis in my recent research activity toward physical outputs which explore the expressive potential of interios through sculpture and making. Twinning describes the dizygotic pairing of two sculptural forms, a diptych constructed in solid beech resembling the slightly exaggerated and abstracted form of the archetypal chair.
The work alludes to connected, yet distinctive, creative processes familiar to built- environmental practice. In particular, the sectors dependency on other makers capabilities in the production of contemporary spaces, interiors and architectures and the inevitable glitches between conceptual and virtual visualisations and gaps in visceral making.
Twinning operates as an interpretive object offering a creative and critical commentary on the contested nature of contemporary interiors. It hints at the place-based connections between twinned towns and cities, of the intimacy (or indeed, distance) between disciplines and academic endeavour, e.g., interiors to architecture; of design to art; of theory to practice, and to biological similarities in the dizygotic twins concept explored in my earlier sculptural exhibited in the US and, more recently China as part of the Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art. However, just as the dizygotic twins /ˌdʌɪzʌɪˈɡɒtɪk/ - an adjective (of twins) derived from two separate ova, and so not identical, so too does Twinning only have the surface appearance of similarity of my earlier sculpture currently in China, on closer inspection difference exists at a subtle level as the aesthetic only seems identical but its dimensions, texture and figure are distinct. The insights gained here will form the basis of future sculptural, drawing and installation research providing an artistic alternative to early written outcome to to explore a wider notion of interiority.
dizygotic /ˌdʌɪzʌɪˈɡɒtɪk/
adjective (of twins) derived from two separate ova, and so not identical.
The DJCAD RESEARCH EXPO is an annual exhibition of outcomes of research projects by staff and PhD researchers from across the School of Art & Design with over 50 staff and PhD researchers.
The EXPO 2022 exhibits [including sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, video, artists books, design objects, documentaries, research posters and publications] span across Matthew Galleries and draw on a range of published and funded research projects, research methods, material approaches and experimentation; expanded and interdisciplinary practices; new and emerging technologies and open source and participatory making across the breadth of art, design, and architecture.
| Period | 28 Jan 2022 → 18 Feb 2022 |
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| Degree of Recognition | Regional |
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- sculture
- interiors
- architecture
- making
- twin
- chair
