Open Exhibition Invite 1

Submissions are sought for an Open Exhibition
Send us a visual interpretation of the term
‘Object Abuse’
 
September 21st to December 15th 2013,
at Spinach: a central London space.
 
A Private View shall take place on the 12th Dec 2013.
Contributions will be accepted until the day before the private view.
 All artwork will be exhibited and artists credited.

As the artwork comes in over the three-month period, the exhibition will thus expand and we hope it completely takes over the space. Updates on this progress will appear on the website. All contributing artists will be credited and listed on the following websites; www.objectabuse.com and www.spinach.co.uk/artists/

What does Object Abuse look like?
The answer to this question is not so straight forward, but when you put obvious ethical or ecological perspectives to one side, then the possibility for speculation really is limitless.
Who is to say the object in question is passive and not active? What really qualifies as abuse (in this context), is it quantifiable and can we envisage it’s subtler variations? For that matter, what is an object; or rather can we say what isn’t an object…with any real certainty? Isn’t everything an object?
 
Submission details:
We request that artworks be submitted as hard copy, so it needs to be sent through the post to the Spinach space (address below). Submissions can also be handed in.
We will only accept artwork in a 2D format and it should not exceed an A4 scale. Submissions can take the form of an image, drawing text, collage, a proposal, documentation, etc. Please do not send …

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Open Exhibition invite 2

Submissions are sought for an Open Exhibition
Send us a visual interpretation of the term
‘Object Abuse’
 
All artwork will be exhibited and artists credited.
 
September 21st to December 15th 2013,
at Spinach: a central London space.
 
A Private View shall take place on the 12th Dec 2013.
Contributions will be accepted until the day before the private view.
As the artwork comes in over the three-month period, the exhibition will thus expand and we hope it completely takes over the space. Updates on this progress will appear on the website. All contributing artists will be credited and listed on the following websites; www.objectabuse.com and www.spinach.co.uk/artists/
What does Object Abuse look like?
The answer to this question is not so straight forward, but when you put obvious ethical or ecological perspectives to one side, then the possibility for speculation really is limitless.
Who is to say the object in question is passive and not active? What really qualifies as abuse (in this context), is it quantifiable and can we envisage it’s subtler variations? For that matter, what is an object; or rather can we say what isn’t an object…with any real certainty? Isn’t everything an object?
 
Submission details:
We request that artworks be submitted as hard copy, so it needs to be sent through the post to the Spinach space (address below). Submissions can also be handed in.
We will only accept artwork in a 2D format and it should not exceed an A4 scale. Submissions can take the form of an image, drawing text, collage, a proposal, documentation, etc. Please do not …

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Tom Watson

 
Tom Watson has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Title: Soft Touch (Life jacket & Thread, Height 20x Width 25x Depth 2cm, 2012)
“I emulated the required thickness of leather by wrapping polyurethane foam in the polyester outer, and then following exactly the craft of master whip maker Ron Edwards,  to produce a bullwhip, without the mass required to function.”
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Tom Watson

 
Tom Watson has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Title: Untitled (Padded chair & fixings, 1.5x1x2m, 2010)
“I dismantled & reconstituted a chair with the same tool of its original construction. The piece offered the fantasy scenario of lighting the polyurethane foam on the floor behind, sitting facing backwards placing your head in the hood & eventually succumbing to asphyxiation.”
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Nick Pearson

Nick Pearson has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Title: Japanese Temple
Visiting an ancient temple near Tokyo with a Japanese friend (who was proudly reciting the ancient credentials of the several hundred years-old wooden building she was showing us) I noticed a couple of carpenters working on one of the internal supporting posts. They were replacing it with a new piece of seasoned timber. My friend told me this is quite normal, as the temple requires constant maintenance and had for centuries.
I thought how this ‘ancient object’, like our own skin and other cells, was being continually replaced and renewed. Its physical status, existing only in a constant state of replacement and renewal. Its spiritual or intellectual purpose as a ‘place’ however, staying always the same.
On returning to my studio in London, recollections of that incident triggered off a memory of what some might call a more prosaic, but I believe equally philosophical reference to the status of objects: An episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ and an exchange that will forever live (at least in my mind) in the tradition of great philosophical ideas, as ‘Trigger’s broom (like ‘Schrödinger’s cat’) ‘
In Sid’s Café, road sweeper Trigger shows Boycie, Del Boy and Rodney a photograph in which a local councillor presents him with a medal for saving the council money.
Trigger: ” . . . I happened to mention to her one day that I’ve had the same broom for twenty years. She was very impressed . . . This old …

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Alison Carlier

Alison Carlier has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Michelle Atherton

Michelle Atherton has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Title: Untitled – 2010
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Torsten Lauschmann

Torsten Lauschmann has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
This Photograph shows a Wabag warrior in Papua New Guinea wearing a Kellogg’s tin for decoration.
Photograph by Michael Leahy  (around 1934) National Library of Australia.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Ben Rivers

Ben Rivers has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Jaspar Joseph Lester

Jaspar Joseph Lester has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Lea Torp Nielsen

Lea Torp Nielsen has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Hannah Shaw

Hannah Shaw has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
This image is the first of a series.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Simon Barker & Nayan Kulkarni

Simon Barker & Nayan Kulkarni
(still from multi-channel video), 2012
(found gateway embellishments, Medway, Kent)
 
Simon Barker and Nayan Kulkarni have offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Marie von Heyl

Marie von Heyl has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our contact page and let us know: contact
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Richard Sides

Richard Sides has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.

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Natalie Finnemore

Title: Untitled (studio 1), 2012, pencil & water colour on paper, 30.5 x 22cm
Natalie Finnemore has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.

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Ben Connell

Ben Connell has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Ruth Herbert

Title: Hands
Ruth Herbert has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Eugene Nyee Macki

Eugene Nyee Macki has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Cerlin Karunaratne

‘Punched Pointy Hat’
 
Cerlin Karunaratne has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Lindsey Mendick

Lindsey Mendick has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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McCormack+Gent

‘Dumb Fixity’
‘Listening Series’
McCormack+Gent has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.
 

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Keith Arnatt

Keith Arnatt’s photograph has been adopted, as a speculative interpretation’ of Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Galen Riley

Galen Riley has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Prof. Dale Russell

‘MacAir Table Wedge’ 2012
‘G5 Coffee Table for Smokers’ Brighton 2012
 
Prof. Dale Russell has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Harriet Davies

‘No Climbing’
‘Oh Dear’
 
Harriet Davies has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Rebecca Stewart

‘Smudge Tool 5’
‘Smudge Tool 13’
 
Rebecca Stewart has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Lucy Cash

‘3rd February’
‘1st May’
 
Lucy’s contribution is from a year-long project – 1 x Polaroid.
In 2008 Polaroid announced that its instant film was to be discontinued. On January 1st 2009, I decided to take a single Polaroid for the next 365 days. My aim was simple: to make an image every day, to improvise and respond to a particular moment, without planning ahead. This rule was sometimes broken. Either if I was somewhere particularly eventful (resulting in more than one image), or if I ran out of film / couldn’t find a way to respond to the day, (resulting in no image). These days are represented by a blank Polaroid.
The two images selected for OA come from East London and Chicago respectively. I’m often drawn to abandoned, yet arranged objects, similarly objects which are adapted in order to deliver a message, (and sometimes, perhaps, a message more ambiguous than intended!).
 
Lucy Cash has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
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Karen David

‘Apophyllite VI’, 2011, Acrylic on canvas with apophyllite crystal, 51x50cm
‘Triangle Charging Station’, 2012, acrylic on canvas (with chair), 47x40cm
‘Magnetite Effect’, plinth, 40,000-year-old Canyon Diablo Meteorite from Arizona, USA and compass, 2012
‘SiO2’, 2012, acrylic on canvas with clear quartz, 45x70cm
‘S3’, 2012, acrylic on canvas with sulphur crystal, 150x150cm
‘Desert Rose’, 2011, acrylic on canvas with desert rose crystal, 44x35cm
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The work ‘Magnetite Effect’ presents a small fragment from a meteorite which collided with Earth around 40,000-years-ago in the Canyon Diablo crater, Arizona. Placed directly above the meteorite on top of the perspex case is a compass.  The compass needle has a magnet on it which is attracted to the North Pole of the Earth, but because some meteorites are magnetic, when placed in proximity of a compass, the needle will spin towards the meteorite.
 
Magnetite is a highly magnetic mineral, crystals of which are found in the brains of bees, fish, birds and bats helping them navigate by sensing the Earth’s magnetic field, much like a compass.  Strangely, a tiny shiny crystal of magnetite is also found in humans in the ethmoid bone between the eyes, just behind the nose.
 
The work ‘S3’ presents three blue painted square canvases of equal dimensions, upon which rests a piece of yellow neon sulphur crystal. Sulphur is often referred to in the Bible as ‘brimstone’ as in “fire and brimstone”, and is used in gunpowder.  When burned, Sulphur releases a blue flame and melts to a blood-red liquid. The S3- molecule derived from a sulphur radical gives the …

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Pheobe Wild

Pheobe Wild has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Jim Howieson

‘Reformed Bat’
 
Jim Howieson has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
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Gary Simmonds

Squeege
 
Gary Simmonds has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Sharon Kivland

Title: ma poufiasse. deer’s head
Sharon Kivland has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.

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Andy Welland

Andy Welland has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Dave Green

Dave Green has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Amy Davis

Amy Davies has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Robyn Leroy Evans

Robyn Leroy Evans has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Arcimboldo Mug

Arcimboldo Mug has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Ruth Wilde

Title: Mixed Up Things
 
Ruth Wilde has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Julie Westerman

Julie Westerman has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Robin Close

Robin Close has offered a ‘visual interpretation’ of the term: Object abuse.
Each one of these visual interpretations adds insight and depth to what exactly Object Abuse might look like. This question is by no means obvious when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active, where does any variation of abuse originate from? And what is an object, or can we really say with any certainty what is not an object?
OA’s intension is to provide a platform to question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.
If you would like to offer us a visual interpretation, please go the our Contact page and let us know.
OA began as a symposium, now it is housed as a website and next it will become a network, with events; presentations and exhibitions.
See About and Future events.

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Object abuse asks the question:
who or what is being abused?

Object Abuse has been set up to provide a platform for people to discuss, provoke and question the very nature and orientation of objects. The aim is to readdress the unquestioned drives of our collective pursuits, to turn the tables on the object-subject dynamic.

This investigation’s relevance is reflected in recent developments in philosophy, shifts in our socio-cultural landscape and is finding expression in the visual arts. This questioning of our human-centric perspective is reflected through current ideas found in the works of Bruno Latour, Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux, Anselm Franke and others.

The question: what exactly is object abuse is by no means obvious, when you think about it, who is to say the object in question is passive and not active? Also it is worth asking where does the form of abuse originate from? What qualifies abuse, is it quantifiable, can we identify subtler variations? And for that matter; what is an object, or rather can we say what is not an object…with any real certainty?

OA‘s function is to invite a multidisciplinary engagement; to be a forum, a curatorial framework and an archival space.

We welcome expressions of interest and contributions to the ongoing debate.