Danny Treacy, Those
Treacy's practice incorporates elements of photography,
sculpture, performance, archaeology and anthropology. He has exhibited
nationally and internationally and also works regularly as
lecturer and arts educator.
His working process combines collecting and recycling, identity,
social invisibility, fieldwork, surveying and
the politics of space. As such it is located both in the dialogues of
art practice and material culture.
"The images submitted are from a photographic series Those. The objects in the images are
constructed entirely from found clothing, the clothes are collected by myself,
then reconstructed in a manner that they reference organic life forms, flora
and fauna. As such, they blur the boundary between the artefact and the
organism.
The nature of the areas the clothes are collected from are in
flux. I typically gravitate towards woodland, wasteland,
car-parks, the banks of rivers and clearings. The materials I use are gradually disintegrating. This
erosion is intrinsically tied to the
land use, physical boundaries and human interaction that defines the characteristics of these spaces."
– Gavin Murphy, Source Magazine, Issue76.“There is a temporal frailty of the Law in these neglected spaces...We must negotiate the terrain on their terms...Those are archaic, they visualize the aspiring life forms of the underworld. Cellular structures, seed pods, egg-like protrusions; They speak of dormant life forms and potentials unlocked. The sculpted objects hold this history in their present form. The rotting insole, the un-braiding threads and fungal growth also speak of reclamation. The original acts are silenced, meanings rebound, memory is inert.”
http://www.dannytreacy.com/
@dannytreacyuk
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