Bex Blayney.
Nonsense Machine (original) This work is a sculptural installation about the absurd. The sculpture is performative with a rotating arm. The sculpture resembles a mechanical crane, which takes its name from the crane bird. There is a goldfish on the end of the crane, which take inspiration from Dr Suess stories and illustrations. The fish in the water exists in a world very different to our own, where we can see it and it can see it, yet we are experiencing the same time and place, but simultaneously not at all. The crane spins round, like a bird trying to catch its prey, and never succeeds, reimagining the myth of sisyphus as discussed by Camus.
This work challenges social/moral codes of behaviour. The use of real fur provokes ethical concerns, but the object it is covering if often overlooked as a cause for moral dilemma. It is not well known/blissfully ignored the harsh reality of the supply chain of the materials used to make rechargable batteries inside our electronic goods is an environmental and humatiarian disaster for the DRC
Rabbit Ducks or Duck Rabbits This installation is made from rigid polyurethane foam casts of a taxierdermy rabbit form and references Wittgensteins aspect perception theory