"Make him realise that by the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes - a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes"
E .M Forster - A Room with a view (1908) page 26
Installation 2006-2010
(plastic sheeting, duct tape, plastic, wood, steel, air)
zdjęcia/photos: Jerome Harrington
Jerome Harrington "Investment, Benefits, Dividends"
A large inflatable YES constructed of plastic sheeting and duck tape, Investment, Benefits, Dividends invites the viewer to become participant, by manually pumping air into the form. This volume can be added to and increased over the duration of the exhibition. Individual effort becomes contained and visible, although now no longer noticeable as an individual contribution. The degree to which the form reaches full inflation serves as a record or statement of the passion and commitment of the work’s audience.
At the beginning of the exhibition the form lies slumped and deflated on the floor. In this state it is illegible, a crumpled pile, unclear what shape it will become upon inflation.
Demanding the investment of the viewer’s time and energy, Investment, Benefits, Dividends makes connections to manual labour, exercise, or weight lifting. For a brief period the work promotes the formation of a grouping or community, united in a common purpose. Upon completion come feelings of elation; but also of guilt and disillusionment as the form quickly slumps.
zdjęcia/photos: Tinsel Edwards
zdjęcia/photos: Bartek Górka
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