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ANGELA
WRIGHT
"PLOT -3 136"
- "SILENT MOVIES" - Q PARK
(UNDERGROUND CAR-PARK), CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON, W1
discarded black garments
and black
felt, on black car-parking plot
16 to 18 Oct 2015
Photos:
Angela Wright / David Carr-Smith
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MAKING THE WORK
Photos: David
Carr-Smith / Angela Wright
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- THE SITE
The four visits to the Cavendish Square car-park
exhibition floor (level minus-3), including Angela's selection of a work-site parking
plot.
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Pic 01
15-09-2015
- 19:58
Site:
First visit - vehicle entry
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Pic 02
15-09-2015
- 19:58
Site:
Vehicle entry
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Pic 03
15-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plus the vehicle entry ramp. [NB: pic-right: the dark car is parked
on plot-136 that Angela eventually chose.]
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Pic 04
15-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3
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Pic 05
(14-10-2015)
Site:
Floor -3
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Pic 06
16-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3: second visit
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Pic 07
16-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3
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Pic 08
22-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3: third visit
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Pic 09
22-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plot 134: On the inner ring of plots a few were associated with
awkward spaces which somewhat isolated them. Presumably to
assist maneuvering into these oddly shaped locations they were rendered as
strangely distorted parallelograms. Angela liked the
way these dynamically shaped plots were in visual tension with their
surroundings. We looked at
several and compared their qualities.
Though in an exceptionally dramatic relation to its location this '134' was less visually isolated than some and rather dangerously
projected into the carriage-way - thus, it was rejected.
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Pic 10
22-09-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plot 136: This distorted plot was Angela's eventual choice - it
was chosen for its degree of isolation in an unusually ' containing' cell;
its relative cleanness; the proximity of the floor entry ramp and lift.
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Pic 11
14-10-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plot 136: Angela's plot in situ.
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Pic 12
14-10-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plot 136
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Pic 13
14-10-2015
Site:
Floor -3 plot 136
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2 - MAKING WORK-PIECES - HOUSE & STUDIO
The work was constrained by the
curatorial injunction that the car-park art must be black and/or white. This
section shows the making of the parts that will be added to Angela's chosen
car-park plot. They consist of black felt ribbons with knotted ('flower-like')
ends and ('flower-like') twisted and knotted black clothes. 'Flower-like' knotted clothes
and felt have been used previously in various tests and doodles; as table decor;
and as principal actors in the installations and videos "Once Out Of
Nature" [Ref previous work - page 1]..
The ongoing results of Angela's making of parts are often arranged in temporary
'spin-offs' and quick doodles. This is a continual self-entertaining habit of
inventiveness and pleasure in its results, it also feeds into and 'keeps her
in touch with' the final aim and outcome of the work.
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Pic
01
30-09-2015
- 07:16
House work:
An early sketch of configuration-possibilities which (probably) used
existing knotted
clothes from the previous installation "Once Out Of Nature".
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Pic
02
30-09-2015
- 10:54
House work:
The
1st test of an idea of the final work; also made for a
photo sent to the exhibition curators. (Seen
in
retrospect it has a higher density of big flowers and a lower density of
felt-laying than in the final work.)
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Pic
03
05-10-2015
- 18:44
Studio work:
A
temporary sketch on the studio floor, accompanying her early
manufacture of felt 'flowers'. These are made from felt strips: 2cm to 6cm wide
for the 'flower-heads' (each a simple knot) with approx 1cm wide 'stems' tied to them.
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Pic
04 07-10-2015
- 12:18
Studio work:
Two days later there is also a gratuitous bouquet on the corner of her
studio work-table. 24hrs later these floor and table groups have multiplied
[Pic 08]
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Pic
05
07-10-2015
- 15:04
Studio work:
Badly cut felt-strip rejects, which however are later intentionally
arranged. Anything is susceptible to 'arrangement-tests' - in this case a
special type of image: a felt 'drawing' trapped under glass (one of ongoing tests
of a glass and felt (or wool) 'sandwich' for a possible other work).
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Pic
06 08-10-2015 - 12:25
Studio work:
A spontaneous sketch: accumulated off-cuts were dumped
onto a paper sheet (already on the floor) and intentionally 'framed' with
two wide felt strips.
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Pic
07
08-10-2015 - 12:25
Studio work:
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Pic
08 08-10-2015
- 13:07
Studio work:
Over half an hour both felt-flower groups have enlarged and the floor one
has acquired a shore-line of black clothes balls [see Pic 09].
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Pic
09
09-10-2015
- 13:08
Studio work:
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Pic
10
09-10-2015
- 13:08
Studio work:
A quantitative test
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Pic
11
10-10-2015
- 08:47
House work:
The end of September test [Pic 02] has acquired a couple more balled clothes
and a tiny test of the option of adding white felt-flowers.
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Pic
12
10-10-2015
- 08:47
House work:
The same test as Pic 11 - detail.
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Pic
13
10-10-2015
- 08:52
House work:
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Pic
14
10-10-2015
- 08:52
House work:
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Pic
15
10-10-2015
- 08:52
House work:
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Pic
16
11-10-2015
- 09:38
House work:
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Pic
17
11-10-2015
- 16:16
House work:
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Pic
18
11-10-2015
- 16:18:
House work:
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Pic
19
12-10-2015
- 13:57
House work:
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Pic
20
12-10-2015
House work:
A roll of wide black felt ribbon (part of a previous work) - brought in as raw-material.
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Pic
21
12-10-2015
- 10:48
House work:
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22
12-10-2015
- 10:49
House work:
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Pic
23
13-10-2015
- 12:54
House work:
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Pic
24
13-10-2015
- 12:56
House work:
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Pic
25
13-10-2015
- 19:49
Studio work:
Test: estimating the number of made-parts on 1/8th of the whole plot.
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Pic
26
13-10-2015
- 21:39
Studio work:
Test: estimating the number of made-parts on 1/8th of the whole plot.
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Pic
27
13-10-2015
- 23:50
House work:
Many balls have been packed in transportable bags. Angela is making white
'flowers' - these were a possible addition to the installation but were not
used however.
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Pic
28
14-10-2015
- 10:00
House work:
Counting the different sized clothes-balls - plus pics 29 to 33.
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Pic
29
14-10-2015
- 10:04
House work:
The balls are being size-sorted and counted.
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Pic
30
15-10-2015
- 24:18
House work:
The balls are being size-sorted and counted, and many have been packed for
transport to the installation site.
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Pic
31
15-10-2015
- 12:05
House work:
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Pic
32
15-10-2015
- 12:20
House work:
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Pic
33
15-10-2015
- 13:39
House work:
Twisted and knotted black
clothes-flowers [plus pics 34 to 38].
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Pic 34
15-10-2015
House work:
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Pic
35
15-10-2015
House work:
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Pic
36
15-10-2015
House work:
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Pic
37
15-10-2015
House work:
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Pic
38
15-10-2015
House work:
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3 - ON SITE : INSTALLING THE WORK
Angela
arrived first at the car-park and reserved plot -3 136. A car delivered the garment
'flower-balls' and felt 'flowers' (approx 1000), laid in bags. After she had cleaned
the plot, arranging these took a continuous 8 hours, plus another 2.5 hours the
next morning - the work was finished around 12:00.
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Pic 01
15-10-2015
- 16:34
Site:
Delivery
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Pic
02
15-10-2015
- 16:34
Site:
Angela starts cleaning
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Pic
03
15-10-2015
- 16:35
Site:
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Pic
04
15-10-2015
- 16:37
Site:
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Pic
05
15-10-2015
- 19:40
Site:
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Pic
06
15-10-2015
- 19:40
Site:
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Pic
07
15-10-2015
- 22:38
Site:
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Pic
08
15-10-2015
- 22:39
Site:
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Pic 09
16-10-2015
- 12:11
Site:
Installing continued on day-2 from about 9:30, but no
pics were taken of it in process. The work was finished around 12:00 and the
site cleared.
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4
- THE
FINISHED WORK
The
completed installation is shown on page-1:
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