This film work formed part of the solo exhibition ‘The Forest is the Best Place’.
The title of the exhibition makes reference to one of Alexander Calder’s mobiles made in 1940s. In the context of the gallery space, the title evokes the sense of another place. The work was made in situ in relation to the space.
The exhibition involved works that combine projected images, a cardboard box, a frozen mobile, and in an adjacent gallery space an installation which consisted of glass-beaded screens and industrial drum fans.
The projection of what appears to be blind-folded horses shows them walking in a loop around a small field. The film was projected directly onto the breeze-block wall of the gallery, appearing and disappearing throughout the day.
The work operates in the dichotomy between the emptiness of an object and the fragility of an encounter.
Solo exhibition:
The forest is the best place, Market Gallery, Glasgow.
The forest is the best place
Looped projection
Glasgow 2005
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