ILLUSIONS

A series of works exploring how objects construct and alter the spaces they inhabit.  Each series within ILLUSIONS isolates the tools used to create artificial spaces: photography studio sets; fashion store displays; cinemas.

The works document the seemingly banal objects behind the creation of glamorous, alternate worlds; spaces presenting attainable fantasy and perpetuating consumerist ideals. Rarely noted as individual entities, these things are instead absorbed into the constructed reality of the space they help shape. 

Through isolation of the objects from these contexts, the artifice of the 'stage' is revealed. Outside of their role in the conception of colourful worlds the tools themselves are revealed for detailed scrutiny. These mediums of artifice become sculptural forms in their own right.

 

STORE

The second part of the ILLUSIONS series. Where STUDIO explored the contrivance of the fashion shoot in photographic studios, STORE highlights the construction of consumer ideals in fashion retail spaces.

The series depicts the objects during the construction of a fashion store facade. The creation of this other world is frozen in time; unveiling its instruments of artifice and altering the viewer's perception of the space.

 

Text written by Suzanne Harrison

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30'' x 30''                           10'' x 10''

Edition of 10                      Edition of 20

C-type (Digital)                 C-type (Digitial)

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