Comfort Zone
This installation is intended to refer to manmade materials in the home that are not bio-degradable. All these items are replaced over time for a newer/more advanced version of itself and discarded out into the world and forgotten about.
The material (tin foil- a domestic, throw-away material) illuminates the object it’s covering and reflects the optimum amount of light, so the viewer is now forced to be made aware of their surroundings, the intent being that they will not forget about the setting and its’ meaning.
The fire symbolises the growing power of consumerism and the broken shards represent the failure of human reflection and learning from our mistakes in regards to protecting our own environment. In other words, humans are happy living in our own comfort zone, blissfully ignorant to the outcome of our actions.
Influences:
The tin foil prank in Dunedin, Dominic Wilcox, Yayoi Kusama, and Zhan Wang has all influenced my work in this module.
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