Locusts of the Sickly Sun is an exhibition about precarity and permeance; an emergency exit light with its protective cover replaced by a cast pine resin panel that releases a subtle scent when warm; a nebulous formation of wetware all together synthetic, biological and technological; and a sculpture made of pale-yellow glass, the colour of decline.
The register of materiality: resin, polyurethane foam, polyester, steel wire, silicone, mica, atomised rubber, clear lacquer, grass scent, chlorophyll, chromium oxide, synthetic hair, a buffalo horn gua sha tool, marble dish, LED office lighting panel, aluminium & glass, all tied to the economic and ecological.
This exhibition is a sentiment to that which is pervasive: insecurity in our contemporaneous present. It is an inaudible monologue to the afflicted, of which there are many, and forecasts plagues to come.
Exhibiting artists: Speculative Proxy, Alexandra Searle, Joel Wycherley. Curated by GLOAM co-director Victoria Sharples.
Opening night
Friday 26 July, 6–9pm
Exhibition open Saturdays 12–4pm and other times by appointment.
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