Soft Spot

2020
Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Soft Spot is driven by a sculptural exploration of types of containers and coverings, from those we interact with in everyday life to the more historic, fetishised or unusual. Looking at materials like slipcovers, crusts, shoes, and various kinds of ‘shells’, the works consider how these can be interfered with in unexpected or humorous ways. The title Soft Spot refers to the feeling of a particular tenderness, as well as its secondary meaning of structural weakness or rot. In a similar spirit, this body of work acts between a series of tensions: between decoration and function; form and practicality; and a kind of ‘bagginess’ or burden.

Whose clothes are falling in a pigeon rain? text by Abby Cunnane [PDF: 4.5mbs]

All images courtesy Cheska Brown

Peanut sign, fiberglass, paint, papier mâché, steel bracket, zinc plated chain.
Snake's dress, silver plated chain and jump rings, real and fake foods.
Snake's dress, silver plated chain and jump rings, real and fake foods. (detail)
Chicken's boots (for Little John), barley straw, calico, eyelets, cotton thread, shoelaces, macrocarpa.

Loaf, digital video, duration 1hr 3mins.

Covered bench (Kermit), polyester fabric, plywood, elastic, toggles, thread.
Covered bench (picnic), polyester fabric, plywood, elastic, toggles, thread.
Snake's dress, silver plated chain and jump rings, real and fake foods. (detail)
Soft Spot, broadsheet newspaper publication.
Peanut sign, fiberglass, paint, papier mâché, steel bracket, zinc plated chain.