Scaffolding Windows - blue.
Scaffolding netting stretched onto a window frame.
210 x 122 cm.
2020
As a former painter, the rectangle is a really appealing shape to me. Likewise, I wanted to make a 2D piece with the scaffolding netting, seeing ‘the painting’ (the object) as the ultimate use of the reused materials, after having used it previously for Synthetic Waters.
I found in a scrap window frame the solution to the stretcher I was missing. Windows have always been really interesting for me too; our connection and disconnection point to the outside. The scaffolding netting was given to me before being thrown away by some construction workers.
Scaffolding Window-blue is the first of an ongoing series. I used the marks and trades left on the netting to paint without paint. The window is enclosed: the scaffolding netting is getting back its old use, hiding what’s behind it. The artificial colour of the scaffolding netting, with its holes and marks stretched on the window frame, creates a subtle uncanny feeling of something artificial, yet dead and obsolete.
Scaffolding window - green.
Scaffolding netting stretched onto a window frame.
93 x 117 cm (196 to the floor)
2020