Used Through discusses man’s known inclination and pattern, to utilise and exploit. Are we Vampires? Would it not be better for us that we loved people and used things, than it is when we love things and use people?
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The material for work here, from which this idea has been drawn, and upon which it is laid, is a collection of offcuts (of leather) from a shoe factory in Norway. The majority had been torn out from sets of piles of skin; and the rest are (usually) cast off, pulled out of play, as they are no longer needed.
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This piece is an installation that brings patterned leather from a shoe factory, into use, as its’ major material. This is a result of the collaborative work with this factory.
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My interest in this material is also due to its’ intricate and exciting visual appearance, which had been capable of arousing different ideas. The inspiration for this work is also embedded and described in the actual process of making, and the artist’s projected relationship and interaction with the material.