Constructions

Judy Walsh makes constructions from everyday materials usually considered to be ephemeral and/or mundane.
Polythene has a transparent yet milky quality and this acts as a support and also achieves a multi layered effect. Wire, string and permanent marker have been used to produce a type of drawing.

What part does memory play in shaping our future?

How do we construct our world though memories?

Do we interpret events from the past so that they fit the present?

What part does memory play in structuring identity both individual and in a social context?

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Materials

Polythene, wire, string and permanent marker.

Euston Square tube station, London

Photograph of station looking inward from street level.
It's as if those on the lower level are fading from our view.

Beautiful Lie

What we might have regarded as defined becomes indeterminate.
Permanent becomes impermanent.
What seems solid becomes unstable.

Beautiful Lie: viewed as a transparent overlay to everyday life.

1. Talisman and its shadow

Maquette. Wire, string and gauze.

The light playing upon the wire and gauze structure creates shadow, which is as relevant as the structure itself in this experimental piece.

2. Talisman and its shadow