For her liquid sculpture piece at frieze she cut out and filled sink holes full of objects relating to consumer behaviour for example, food, makeup, confetti, Lenor, coconut water, sweets, sequins, toothpaste. I'm intrigued by the array of colours and patterns, making the viewer admire its beauty, however in closer detail you can see a different side to the work. The artist is trying to show the desire and disgust aspect with consumerism - she has used such an array of products.
Scott left the materials to react for three months - “They looked like jewellery in the beginning, these glistening, perfect things. But then things failed, and putrefied, and became quite violent and destructive,” “Some things shrivelled, some remained shockingly similar and some got skins on. The change was definitely aggressive, especially by the end.” (The Guardian, 2015). A metaphor for consumerism perhaps?
In a way, Scott is doing something similar to me 'I want people’s everyday items to be hijacked and perverted’ - taking an object and manipulating the way we see it. I believe showing an audience something in a different way can disrupt their senses about what they are seeing and changing their perspective. Opening their eyes to the consumerism.
Reflections & Developments
- Continuing on with my silver leaf experiments, and connecting it more literally with consumerism, I want to coat everyday objects in silver leaf, (such objects as those Scott used, or even rubbish items such as crisp packets), to investigate this contrast between the everyday or throw away goods, and how they can be ameliorated, or this shock factor of the fact that litter isn't supposed to be coated in silver.
Bibliography
The Guardian (2015). http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/14/samara-scott-sinkholes-frieze-art-fair-lonely-planet-interview. [Accessed
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