Domino Effect - 5 days // 5 artists

Curated by Ella Riggs, Kaja Brockington and Emma Lilwall

Technology obsolescence may mean that some significant art may not survive for future generations to enjoy

The technology and media specifity of many contemporary practices, particularly those working in time-based and digital media, may mean the work is transitory with a legacy of work in which those values and ideas are compromised due to the obsolescence of the technologies they employ.

The physical legacy of some artists working in non-traditional media may be short-lived through a dependency on factory-built consumer technology. This is a matter of current debate for artists, collectors and conservators. I argue in the attached essay that artists using consumer technologies may be creating a compromised oeuvre that is only partially accessible to future audiences.

Part of an ongoing collaborative project

White kite with the word 'vista' being flown as part of a collaboration with Laura Griffin - St Werburghs Mound Bristol, December 2011

Black kite

Black kite (2011), Ripstop fabric, carbon fibre tubes, Dacron line, shock cord, Dacron tape, binding tape.

 

She flies!

White Kite (2011), Ripstop fabric, carbon fibre tubes, Dacron line, Dacron tape, binding tape

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At 2m from wingtip to wingtip this roller is much bigger than normal. On her maiden flight a strong gust of wind broke a spar - time for a quick redesign and then up in the air for a proper test flight at the end of the week.

White kite

White Kite (2011), Ripstop fabric, carbon fibre tubes, Dacron line, Dacron tape, binding tape

I have just finished this large white kite (2m wingspan and 2m high) - I feel the need to make an identical balck kite and fly them side by side.

Kite forms

Kite Form 2, 2011, Textile, withies, bamboo, cord, cotton tape, angling swivels and foam rubber, 210cm x 295cm

Kite Form 1, 2011, Textile, withies, cord, steel pins and foam rubber, 200cm x 130cm