Awkward Objects

Designed through collaboration with dancers, these works define physical spaces for bodies to inhabit and interact with. But they also portray an emotional territory of feeling and experiences. In a media-driven era of polished images and seemingly effortless achievement, Awkward Objects refreshingly celebrate the ungraceful, inconvenient or disconcerting- in other worlds, a real moment of life full of efforts and imperfections.

Melissa Pierce Murray devises intersections of matter, emotion and narrative to create sculptures with a tactile allure and unnerving edginess. Frequently interactive or participatory, her sculptures use an aesthetic intrigue to elicit a physical or emotional response.

These works arise from an interest in performance and interactions, how specific objects and materials can facilitate and deepen awareness of ourselves and our world.

Performances took place on Wednesday 25 September 2019.