A structural and conceptual journey has begun in which inner and outer surfaces switch function, as is found in the Mobius strip or the Kleinian bottle. The dynamic between still object and moving viewer is activated with a line that appears to continually change as one’s perspective changes.

 series at the point where some of the planes could be shared between adjacent cells. You may be able to see the evolution from the earliest works that still articulate body space relating to the original rectangular cells.

As the series develops, the line changes, becoming more fluid and open, mapping the entire bodyspace with a strap that continuously flips. In the evolution of the pieces there has been an attempt to allow the line the greatest possible liberty while having to conform to structural dictates. In the most successful of the standing works there is a compression through the foot and ankle that rises into a liberated upper body space. This shift from constriction to openness is perceptual and emotional.

Recently the works have become freer, evoking a spin and a wobble that suggest energy and potential. Others both integrate with, and are sliced through by, their architectural contexts.

Strapworks

, 2018, 4 mm Corten steel, 192.5 × 43.7 × 33 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Track

, 2018, 4 mm Corten steel, 115.5 × 65.7 × 60.5 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Study

, 2019, 4 mm Corten steel, 57 × 159.2 × 46 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Float II

, 2019, 4 mm Corten steel, 73.6 × 51.5 × 66 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Bind

, 2019, 4 mm Corten steel, 175 × 51 × 43 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Flip

, 2021, 8 mm Corten steel, 186.3 × 37.2 × 38.8 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.


Turn III

, 2021, 8 mm Corten steel, 168 × 68 × 43 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

, 2022, 8 mm Corten steel, 175.7 × 53.6 × 44 cm. Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

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