Mystery Vessel, 2023
‘Baggage Claim’ Group show at Staffordshire St.
17th Feb 2023 - 5th March 2023
Mystery Vessel is a response to ancient Chinese seismometers, imperial vessels that could not predict earthquakes, but could only detect their direction of travel. These priceless bronze tools created a system of constant tension and constant vigilance, but provided little tangible help to the common person. Mystery Vessel is a seismometer for the modern imperial class, the rapacious capitalist class, made of layers of laser cut wood wrapped in fabrics liberated from the overabundance in charity shops
Mystery Vessel, 2023
41cm x 38cm x 38cm
Fabric, MDF, polychromic film, metal wire, thread, wadding, acrylic yarn
‘Baggage Claim’ was curated by Georgia Stephenson and Rosalind Wilson.
It also featured work by Alix Emery, Amanda Kyritsopoulou, AP Nguyen, Billy Crosby & Sian Newlove-Drew, Bo Sun, Bob Bicknell-Knight, Campbell Mcconnell, Charlotte Dawson, Cora Sehgal Cuthbert, Eleni Papazoglou, Ella Yolande, Ha Yeon Byun, Helen K Grant, iolo walker, Ilona Balaga, Irini Bachlitzanaki, Isabel Bonafé, Jemma Egan, Joa Blumenkranz, Julie Maurin, Katja Larsson, Laurene Bois-Mariage, Linda Zagidulina, Maria Positano, Mary Watt, Matilda Mercer, Max Petts, Michael Wall, Mike McShane, Nancy Allen, Rachel Mortlock, Richard Phoenix, Ruaidhri Ryan, Ryan Woodring, Sadie M Hennessy, Sarah Davis, Seray Ozdemir, Sophie Cunningham, Sophie Glover, Sophie Percival, Steph Francis-Shanahan, Stephen Blades, Susannah Bolton, Tulani Hlalo and Zofia Skoroszewska.
Installation photographs by Alex Kurunis