A Blurry Aftertaste|Now is the Time|Cutting Corners
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Eleonora Agostini (UK)
A Blurry Aftertaste A Blurry Aftertaste is an attempt to better understand the precariousness of the notion of home through an investigation into how our familiar domestic existence can be reconsidered and redefined. The creation and documentation of precarious structures that exists between the strange and the mundane is used to identify the significance of a house emptied from its belongings, and to explore the boundaries between the artist and her family.
www.eleonoraagostini.com
Shawn Records (USA)
Now is the Time Fixated on the eternal within the everyday, Now is the Time explores our desire to get away from it all and our inability to ever really do so. Inspired by ageing, anxiety, and a handful of sleepy towns on the Oregon coast, the works offer an intricate sequence of quiet, sometimes ominous observations and intermittent ruptures, both glorious and tragic.
www.shawnrecords.org
Philip Welding (UK)
Cutting Corners
Hazards are often caused by cutting corners, and a search on Instagram will find many health and safety ‘fails’ featuring hapless characters who have allowed themselves to be caught in the act. There is a desire to see the mistakes of others because it makes us laugh and feel superior. Their methods may be lazy, but they are creative and surprisingly inventive.
www.philipwelding.co.uk
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