Tuesday 28 April 2009

Flour Tower Mock Ups for Free Range






'their existence is so familiar as to be unfamiliar in that they are universally present, yet their imperceptible transformations barely capture our attention.'                                                            Wolfgang Laib 
The pillar is comprised purely of compressed self raising flour, no binding agents, no trickery. It stands alone and all 244 cm of it stand before you asking to be regarded and valued. This piece is an attempt to relearn the qualities of a basic, yet fundamentally important material. The flour tower shows a substance stripped down to its most simple form, in its material, colour and texture. This piece was created whilst working under the principle of using the material in its natural state. Carl Andre explains that you cannot impose properties on materials, you have to reveal the properties of the material, Thus, revealing aspects of the world as it is. In its natural state flour appears static, but it is an active substance, it moves, grows and transforms. Its cycle of constantly changing form throughout the course of the exhibition, changes the way it is viewed, thus relearning its physical qualities. The column is classically a monumental structure, in classical architecture it appears as a supporting feature as well as a decorative or commemorative one. Using the form of the column has raised the status of the flour and its structural qualities. Flour Tower appears perfectly symmetrical supported by the opinion that beauty is absolute balance.

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