A Moment In a Cycle

A moment in a cycle was an installation I made at the start of Autumn 2020. It was something my gut was leading me to make and something I’d been wanting to do for a while. You see at this time of the year; tree surgeons can be seen around the city pruning the branches of large trees that line the streets. These branches lay on the ground for a few days before they are collected and shredded, something I’d been noticing for a few years. This time I started to collect as much as I could and brought them to my studio to create an indoor Autumn canopy, of yet to fall and die leave and branches, to dwell in. My gut wanted to take the time to personally experience what this season had to offer. Being a person that is always busy with multiple things always spinning at once, I felt the need for this to be represented in the space as well. Elevated wooden round plates, that I found near a construction site, were suspending and spinning in mid-air, not quite touching each other but connected by a metal wire grid above. At some point they were also strung together with rope by other master fine art students that were invited into the space. These wooden plates, with holes in them, moved, when touched, at their own rotation and speed as well as remaining still when the interaction ceased. I spend time observing these rotations and movements, hypnotised by their motions and stillness. I looked through the cracks between the leaves and branches that grew, and they died and fell to the ground and let this moment in the season of stillness sink in. What would or should fall away, what will or should die, what should be removed, what should remain still, what should or could connect? These suspended wooden plates and the reflective moments they offered have travelled through my work giving way for the next season to spring forth.

Research for mutual sharing and connecting between art practices.

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