Link in-between
An exploration of binary oppositions within two different pieces of work
Link in-between brings two works, images or situations into a relationship. Rather than looking only at what each contains, I am interested in what emerges between them: differences in movement, scale, material, atmosphere, activity and the way we experience a space.
Some contrasts are immediate; others appear only through closer observation. A static camera placed in an empty station behaves differently from one following a dog through a park. Two installations can also differ in how they address an audience: one may speak directly, while another remains silent. The pairing makes these relationships visible.
The project draws on the idea of binary opposition, familiar from structuralist approaches to meaning. In practice, however, the works are not always strict opposites. The purpose is not to force them into a neat classification, but to test what a comparison allows us to notice. I provide a title as one possible link, without prescribing every association a viewer might make.
Pairs may cross media, including photography, moving image, sculpture, installation, performance or painting. Each component remains a work in its own right; the relationship creates an additional level of meaning.
Work #1: 'de-potted' plant on shelf vs orange square
An uprooted plant is placed beside a monochrome square. One is irregular, fragile and visibly affected by time; the other presents a precise geometric field. The relationship is not simply between nature and artifice, but between different ways of making and perceiving form.
Work #2: adaption: London Bridge Station vs T-Bone in the park
Two filmed situations, an almost deserted station and a dog at play, call for different responses from the camera. The link is adaption: a static viewpoint in one space, and a camera that follows movement in the other.
Work #3: Gatwick Airport vs woman at wedding with MDF face
An impersonal environment designed for transit is paired with an individual whose face has been replaced by an MDF surface. The two images bring questions of identity, anonymity and social roles into a single composition, without resolving their relationship into one interpretation.
Work #4: chocolate politics
This pairing brings together two otherwise independent installations: Nothing but chocolate and political science. Their elements include letters, books, a television and a chocolate wall. The letters address the viewer directly, while the books withhold their contents until opened. The television presents a moving image; the wall of chocolate confronts the viewer through its material presence. Rather than treating these as simple opposites, the work tests different ways in which objects can offer, conceal or communicate information.