Spider Ontology

Project Type:

Participatory, Installation, Exhibition & Event

Date:

April 2022

Scale:

Grotto: 3.4m x 8.2m x 1.8m

Spider Grotto (installation)

Participatory soft sculptural space made with reclaimed discarded materials. Workshop and exhibition attendees were invited to write and draw on the grotto's interior walls.

With thanks to Arley for helping get the damn thing upright.

Spider Ontology in a Kaleidoscopic World (exhibition)

A group exhibition event featuring the work of 15 artists, centered around considerations of the non-human and intersectional/interspecies solidarity in an inherently interconnected world.

Contributing Artists:

Olivia Allen, Jessica Austin, Sorin Bath, Lauren Browne, Elisa Conlan, Daniel Delfs, James Dulcken, Bridie Gill, Göksu Gündüzalp, Inayah Hussain, Isabella Inskip, Ellis Ludlow, Pagan McKenzie, Matilda Rodger, Molly Williams-Prentice

Poster Illustration by Daisy Whittle

Exhibition text written by me and printed at 29.7cm x 42.0cm.

Flower printed second-hand hospital curtains hung around the Sculpture Court to encircle the space, creating an enclosed atmosphere and reflecting on the creeping everyday human use of non-human imagery in disposable products.

Materials:

Hospital curtains, carpet scraps, fence wood, bed slats, branches, washing line, paint, collaboration, event etc.

Location:

The Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art