Black Triangulation 1, 2015
double walled polypropylene, adhesive tape
dimensions Variable
Artefacts IRL
Stockroom Kyneton, gallery one
08 October / 06 November 2016
TOM BORGAS
Artefacts IRL
solo exhibition
This body of work began as an exercise in documenting the movement of athletes and dancers on Youtube. The translation was unapologetically analogue– a darkened room, a piece of copy paper placed over a laptop screen, the motion traced with a black pen as the video played. Through this process, a visual language developed and has gone on to inform a number of interventions and performances including the movement and documentation of 25 striped surveying poles in and around various archaeological sites in Spain and Portugal.
Artefacts IRL is an extension on these investigations through drawings, sculpture and installation. In terms of process and as a collection of artefacts, these works probe the relationship between image and object, virtual and physical space and digital technology as coextensive to nature.
Serralves, 2016
digital print, adhesive fabric paint, framed
22.8 x 28 x 4.5 cm
Rua dos Mártires da Liberdade, 2016
digital print, adhesive fabric paint, framed
22.8 x 28 x 4.5 cm
Coimbra, 2016
digital print, adhesive fabric paint, framed
28 x 23 x 4.5 cm
Bolhão, 2016
digital print, adhesive fabric paint, framed
22.8 x 28 x 4.5 cm
Black Triangulation 1 & 2, 2015
double walled polypropylene, adhesive tape
dimensions Variable
Black Triangulation 1, 2 & 3, 2015
double walled polypropylene, adhesive tape
dimensions Variable
Poles maquette (6mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x1 20 x 60cm
Poles maquette (9mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x 120 x 60cm
Poles maquette (12mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x 120 x 60cm
Poles maquette (18mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x 120 x 60cm
Poles maquette (30mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x 120 x 60cm
Poles maquette (42mm), 2016
oak, cable ties, spray paint
80 x 120 x 60cm
Ballet motion track (Le Corsaire), 2016
oil pastel on paper with adhesive tape
22 x 29.7 cm
Ballet motion track (La Bayadere), 2016
oil pastel on paper with adhesive tape
22 x 29.7 cm
Ballet motion track (Coppelia), 2016
oil pastel on paper with adhesive tape
22 x 29.7 cm
Ballet motion track (Romeo & Juliet), 2016
oil pastel on paper with adhesive tape
22 x 29.7 cm
Falling Poles, 2016
single channel video, 1:00min
