Exhibition Guide

life becomes more abstract, more secondary, the importance of the object to hold and convey ideas and experiences becomes more, not less significant.

There is a largely cynical argument that the importance of the art object is augmented by the strength of art market and not by genuine creative choices, but this belies the importance of the opportunity to physically interact with the artefact. So yes this affects my choice of medium, it means that I am now less inclined to work in video, performance or engagement processes.

AD. You’ve said that you left site-specific work behind in favour of engaging larger audiences. In what ways do you think your previous work affects the way you have approached this new gallery-based work? Do you think this knowledge adds another dimension/ layer of understanding to your work?

OSF. Oh totally, I am still very interested in context, for me the way that context effects peoples responses and experiences of the same stimuli is very important. I made an early video and situation piece, which involved members of the public talking about their most significant objects. The conversations were then linked to the physical context through the installation of objects (on video screens) throughout a city centre in the same relative position that (Next Page) As Mild As Pure Water (Johnsons Baby Wipes), 2012.

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