During their time at This Will Take Time they focused on drawing with an augmented reality headset. AR is an extremely ephemeral material as the drawings themselves could not be saved so only image and video documentation of the drawings survive.
The drawings include room scale abstractions, 3d figure drawings in situ within the furniture of the residency house, and performances in which the artist interacts with the finished pieces. They explore not only the drawings relationships with their surrounding but also how the artist’s body shares that space with them.
In Climb into Bed a gender ambiguous figure is arranged in a pose reminiscent from 19th century female nude paintings, but they aren't the only nude in the video. The artist climbs into bed with the figure drawing, attempting to touch their immaterial form, conjuring up ideas about consent, avatars, and touch across the digital divide.
Due to the limitations of the AR headset the artist also created a set of 5 speculative drawing performances for video to explore what could be possible with better hardware and software.
Speculative AR Drawings in 5 figures
Bodies of Meat and Light
“I’ve not seen a piece like this before. Mesmerising.” -Viewer
Room Scale Abstraction
