Thematically Kingston’s work is based around notions of the flesh and abstractions of the body, specifically at the arena where the online body and the modified one compete for attention. In NIEA’s open studio, Kingston is using a series of multimedia work in temporary constructed spaces to experiment with the relationships between visceral bodies, identity and technology, at the point where bodies encroach on technology.
Grace Kingston will be presenting a small-scale installation of her works in progress. Her work experiments with the relationships between visceral bodies, identity and technology, at the point where bodies encroach on technology. The artwork investigates new aesthetics produced from a culture operating on an increasingly cyber-based identit; the set up, a series of temporary constructed spaces. Inspired by the work of Anne Hardy, she aims to present a series of ‘documented’ photographs of physical/literal social networking ‘habitats’ that are reverse translations from online to real-world sites.
This will entail a ‘scene’ where people live, like a living room or bedroom with the objects all interconnected with rope, inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s 16 miles of string. The public will be invited to view the space but will be unable to enter due to the barrier of rope. There will be no persons involved in the scene, but rather their absence will be suggestive of the increasingly demanding and unsympathetic nature of social networking spaces that we are creating for ourselves online.
