Strange furnishings at the Dowse
Tim Wigmore's Rockaround can't be sat on at the Dowse -- although it's meant to be.
Why a farting subwoofer? “Humour helps me get across my ideas. Everyone can understand what a fart is,” Kerr says.
In his piece Rollercoaster Rampage, one object triggers a chain of chaotic events.
“We are so connected nowadays – internet and Facebook. You have this list of friends. One thing linking each of you together.” A moving bucket, mechanical finger, ghost, opening and closing locker, farting subwoofer, wobbling ruler and neon “fART” sign – all connected? Somehow Kerr makes the connection, taking everyday objects and giving them life.
“I animate the inanimate,” he says.
Also at Dowse, Tim Wigmore has a piece in the exhibition Furnish, a show featuring New Zealand contemporary furniture designers. Wigmore has one piece in the show called Rockaround, a rocking stool that can move front to back and side to side.
“In one direction, it’s smooth, and in another, it’s rough,” Wigmore says describing the way his piece rocks. “For me, that’s how life and experience work too.”
Wigmore explores the idea behind form and function with his furniture. “It’s art, after all it’s being shown in a gallery, but it’s also a stool and meant to be sat on,” he says.
“You need to feel a piece in order to get an idea about it.”
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to sit on Wigmore’s piece at the Dowse.
Wigmore presented this one in the Milan Furniture fair last year and has already had a few orders for his design.
Sean Kerr: Bruce Danced if Victoria Sang, and Victoria Sang; so Bruce Danced, The Dowse Art Museum, March 19 – May 29. Furnish, The Dowse Art Museum, March 26 – June 26.
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