'thread'
is
an installation by Jo O'Connor that completes a two month residency in
Prince Albert in 2002
.
The
work deals with an irony that exists within such wide open spaces - the
interconnectivity of nature, people, industry; where things begin to
mirror each other, such that patterns are made - where intersection and
flow becomes dense and familiar. Invisible threads seem to bind all
things, despite the vast openness of the environment. Much of the
exhibit focuses on the concept of `time' as a way of negotiating this
space.
The
work comprises a collection of 16 large scale drawings in various
mediums occupying one of the rooms at the Prince Albert Gallery. Here, a
whole tool (eg a pencil) is employed, from start to finish, to draw a
line that bounces within the frame of the paper to form a web - a folded
journey with a seemingly endless progression of links. Like time exists
everywhere throughout space, yet seems to penetrate it, so the line has
threaded through space too; and has left the used pencil as evidence of
this process.
Residents
and visitors to
Prince Albert
have been asked to contribute to a participative narrative. Contributors
have continued the thread of a long story using a few of the previous
writer's words to prompt him/her. The thin coil of paper will have been
unraveled and displayed as part of the exhibition.
The
entrance to the space will have limestone powder on the floor, which
will force visitors to the gallery to leave a trail - so that tracks or
patterns will form during the period of the exhibit, a trail showing
evidence of time and paths taken.