A Strong Ache
"A Strong Ache", 2010.
(partial installation view, at Jackman Gallery, in the exhibition Ten-Part Net Trap).
Plastic coat-hangers, aluminium tubing, metal swivels, nylon monofilament, electric fan (not shown).
250cm high x 450cm diameter
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
"A Strong Ache" is assembled from multiples of an everyday object - coat-hangers (of which the title is an anagram). Attached together in ways determined by their own shape, they build geometric forms which are themselves assembled into a giant mobile. Moving gently and continuously through space, they evoke a range of allusions, from the microscopic to the planetary.
For the video, make sure you watch until the 1 minute and 5 seconds mark!