Christopher Box

‘Contrary to popular opinion’ 2012

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:24:44 -0400

‘Contrary to popular opinion’ 2012

Head Ache, 2008. Helen Pynor. I love Helen’s work....

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:48:45 -0400

Head Ache, 2008. Helen Pynor.

I love Helen’s work. I’ve recently seen some of her work at the Welcome Trust in London where they are holding an exhibition entitled ‘Brains: The mind as matter’. Her works are increadably intriguing and the aesthetic quality of the works are remarkable. Her subject matter and background in medicine relate to my practice.

This piece was made with the intention of weighting the head of...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:57:56 -0400

This piece was made with the intention of weighting the head of the bed against the foot of the bed. I wanted a clasping oyster like encapsulation with reference to the human body. The capturing of the body and of the soul. Thoughts, feelings and emotions. A human being spends one third of their life time sleeping and I enjoyed exploring the possibilities within this piece in relation to this factual information. The body is temporarily suspended in REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and other stages of sleep. Our thoughts are not our own at this stage. A state of unconsciousness overwhelms us. The bed retains an aesthetic which is associative with an institution such as a hospital. It’s aged appearance showing signs of wear. The piece encapsulates and suffocates. It clasps and grasps and retains and restrains.

This piece of work is called ‘Life, death and everything...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 -0500

This piece of work is called ‘Life, death and everything in between’. The filling cabinet is asociative with information and storage. Life and death is recorded by obituraties and life and death certificates. The recording of life is representative of the turf which sits in the draws and is the living element of the work. The aesthetics of this piece have been considered with the regards to the weathered cabinet which is worn and has a history with human interaction. The draws are removed from there function as they are unable to be shut for fear of killing the turf. The cabinet is angled and gives the piece a weighted element. The needles bring a third element into the work and are associated with a process.

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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:49:00 -0500

Clinical elements inform associations of the medical...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:36:00 -0500

Clinical elements inform associations of the medical environment. A weathered chair standing in space. One encased by four pains of glass. The shelf above form

In a recent tutorial the visiting lecturer commented that my work (as seen above here) is humorous and is very different from my other work which has up until this point been process driven. The clinical elements of this piece of which I am still working on have an ambivalence about them as their precariousness alludes. The two pieces form a dichotomy through their colloquy. The non entity, the familiar. There

The conundrum of the conceptualisation. My working practice and the derivative consequences of ones associations compouning or unpacking my working practice.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:17:00 -0500

My working practice. A manifestation of illogical thoughts or a bias for a continuum in a evolving practice?

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:05:17 -0500

My practice of late seems to be steering in a new direction. No longer am I just placing metaphor on...

Richard Hughes ‘Woodland Bistro’ (Top) Rebecca...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

Richard Hughes ‘Woodland Bistro’ (Top) Rebecca Warrens ‘I love the sound of breaking glass’ (bottom)

Christine Borland: Simbodies, Nobodies and Me.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:56:00 -0500

Christine Borland: Simbodies, Nobodies and Me.: Lecture by Christine Borland about her practice at...

"I cannot help but endorse his analysis of the high art lite tendency… its abject willingness..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:21:46 -0500

“I cannot help but endorse his analysis of the high art lite tendency… its abject...

The trouble with Sculpture

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:49:36 -0500

The trouble with Sculpture

Art and ideas.

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:52:22 -0500

I’m struggling at the present time to formulate my ideas into a cohesive thread from which my...

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Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:33:00 -0500

This audio clip is an extract from a group critique that took...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:50:00 -0500

This audio clip is an extract from a group critique that took place at the end of November 2011. Here we discuss my work concerning the plugs which I have already posted on this Blog.

This is a piece I am currently working on and is working well...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:00 -0500

This is a piece I am currently working on and is working well both conceptually and aesthetically. This is due to the language which has formed in respect of the placement of the mirror and the relationship they have with the rods and steel plates. The rods sway and bounce and induce a kentic element to a formalist aesthetic. The mirrors allude and infer to another place as a window but reflect the conversation between the two rods. A reference perhaps to human forms and relations. Energies and stimuli of the transcendental framed spaces reflect back and forth between the mirrors and the rods. The monotonal aesthetic of the pieces and the placement of the rods in the floor all induce a coma in which the mirrors encapsulate the rods and steel plate stands and propel the pieces towards each other.

The plugs shoot out of the floor. They exude energy and jut out...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:25:00 -0500

The plugs shoot out of the floor. They exude energy and jut out of the concreate sea like an electrical current. A shocking and life affirming engagement with a weighted. The plugs wilt and reaffirm there fragility as they gravite towards the floor. They have a life and existence of there own and there is an conversation between them and a reenfored association with the ghostly echo.

I’ve been waiting for some clips in order to fix the panes...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:12:00 -0500

I’ve been waiting for some clips in order to fix the panes of glass together. Experimenting with the pre drilled holes I have inserted the wire through the holes. I quite like the glass pieces sat on the floor and the investigate approch to energies is still clear and intriguing. An ending of the wire has been commented upon by a few viewers as not been ambiguous enough and not alluding to the continuing flow of energies. The fragility for me has been somewhat lost in as much as the glass becomes much more fixed by being placed on the floor and does not connect with our associations of the precarious and dangerous elements of glass on the floor because the wire lifts and elevates the panes of the floor. There is a movement to the this work and but it’s conceptual backbone does not really exist and is more an explorative approach to the aesthetics of the materials.

Cast some plaster plugs as a trial for a piece of work I’m...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:24:00 -0400

Cast some plaster plugs as a trial for a piece of work I’m currently making. They came out quite well and were done with clay moulds. I’m going to make some better ones which I intend to place in glass panes which will be ascending from the floor and will be supported by two chains suspended from the ceiling. A continuing exploration of transitional space and frames. The glass pieces will be framed in steel and they will be connected together with the plaster plugs sitting in pre-drilled holes in the glass.

The ascending formalities of the framed panes captured the echoed forms of the plugs elevate them from the everyday to another place. Removed from context the ghost like forms is relative to the functionality of their associated function but suggest a metaphor on the unseen energies that pass through them. Unseen in there everyday function these pieces will sit in transitional void of the glass. Suspended in a parallel. The captured glass will captivate the

The plugs will sit suspended in the transitional panes of glass. Metaphorical associations will be associated with the removal of the context in which the plug is normally associated. Encapsulated in their translucent frames the plugs pierce through the translucent skin and echo the passing of energy. Viewers association with the plugs will drive the piece and the pivoting stacked frames will sit atop each other. Pivoting on each corner.

I am exploring through this work transitional voids and the parallels that exist in life. The enduring energy’s that co exist and how they are explored. The work is pushing towards a hollowing out of the sub context from which it is drawn and is moving towards a more formalised exploration of the issues in which the work is drawn. The frames will be directly connected and will pull the work together into a more cohesive exploration of the concept I am currently working through. These framed panes of glass worked well and helped in allowing me to visualise the working through of making the work.

Some work made over the summer at a disused water mill in...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:25:27 -0400

Some work made over the summer at a disused water mill in Gloucestershire. The space was inspiring to work in and I would have liked to have had longer than two weeks in order to explore the space and make some work in response to it. This work was made in situe and examines the weighting of objects and cutting through of space. Something I am starting to explore through my work. Transitional spaces and there reactionary content.