Ben cardy
‘The Dimming of Awareness’ represents the state of mind easily fallen into when performing daily, habitual actions. The destructive power of repetitious actions is given gravitas through the passage of time, as a cycle of intensity is created. My work aims to bring people to the realisation that repetitious habits need breaking, to avoid potentially destructive outcomes.
My work uses natural elements such as water, ice and fire as abrasive substances that erode solid masses such as plaster and rock when applied repetitively over time. Impact is also used as a method to achieve this result, and here repetition leads to a destructive conclusion. The audience have a part to play too, as they are invited to perform actions, such as turning a wheel, to initiate this destruction. Their interaction necessitates destruction, by a physical and cognitive force. Their involvement becomes a realisation once the destruction has occurred.
My work uses natural elements such as water, ice and fire as abrasive substances that erode solid masses such as plaster and rock when applied repetitively over time. Impact is also used as a method to achieve this result, and here repetition leads to a destructive conclusion. The audience have a part to play too, as they are invited to perform actions, such as turning a wheel, to initiate this destruction. Their interaction necessitates destruction, by a physical and cognitive force. Their involvement becomes a realisation once the destruction has occurred.