Tell me what you are. Will you hold me in your arms? 2021 Dimensions Variable Stripped trampoline, cast latex, aluminium oyster, eyelets, tempered mild steel spiked hooks Mild steel hammered spikes, pulverised oyster shells, mortar, chain, shackle, gravity, tension Stripped trampoline, cast latex, springs, mild steel hammered spike, eyelets, stailness steel fixings, pressure, tension, gravity
A boundless body cannot be contained to mere surfaces of skin and hairs The mind cannot be compartmentalised We are of ourselves and of others - Of spaces Of places Of people Of dreams.
Energetic forces between those static and those moving - rub shoulders, intwine. Whole heartedly collapsing into one another A process of imbrication One is not parasite in leu of another hosting They are met as equals One is made both powerless and powerful through exposure Utility not marking a value A new function is imposed It may appear violent Will you hurt me?
Time is halted - slowed down Moments of perpetration and yield straddle perilous fence lines Threatening collapse, threatening puncture - a tender caress Look a little closer - are they on the brink of embrace? Not one exists without the other sustained A withstanding rivalry Tension to be met with surrender, like a hot knife through butter