PHILIP WELDING - BEINGS
OBJECTS COME INTO BEING WITH AN INTENDED PURPOSE; A REASON TO EXIST. THIS ‘STUFF’ THEN SLOSHES AROUND THE EVERYDAY, LIKE DETRITUS: SOMETIMES BEING USEFUL (AS INTENDED); SOMETIMES JUST BEING STUFF. THE AREA OUTSIDE THESE TWO STATES IS LIKE A TRANSFORMATION, WHEN AN OBJECT OR AN ENVIRONMENT CAN BE SEEN AS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM ITS PARTICULAR FUNCTION. IN BEINGS, OBJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTS ARE WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE; A CHEESE POT, A LADDER, A PIECE OF LAMINATE FLOORING, A ROAD. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALSO CONSTITUENT PARTS OF A LARGER WHOLE, LIKE THE MATTER FROM WHICH THEY ARE THEMSELVES MADE. WHERE THESE OBJECT-PARTICLES COLLIDE THEY CREATE SOMETHING NEW THAT IS WITHOUT A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, BUT WHICH TAKES ON A NEW SCULPTURAL FORM. IN THIS CONTEXT OF REMIXING THE EVERYDAY, SOME SUBJECTS INSTEAD SIT AS-FOUND. SITTING IN THE GLOW OF THEIR RECONFIGURED COUNTERPARTS, THEY ARE SOMEHOW ALTERED BY ASSOCIATION. THEY HAVE A SCULPTURAL POTENTIAL RADIATING BEYOND THEIR USE-FUNCTION.