POINT BREAK - infra red reflective paint, Jesmonite, iron rebar 2019
Presented in a kind of ‘post-augmented reality’ where the real world simulates software driven environments and a parallel universe is detected only via smart devices’ hardware, Point Break is an installation about obstructions that cause a wave to break – like the momentary release between preparing for the end of surfing the internet and submitting to it. Sculptures of British Female World Champion sumo wrestler Hali Keenan made from 3D scans form a blockade of concrete tetrapod sea defences that float inside a grid that is only visible through a smart phone camera's infrared detector - creating the illusion of an augmented reality app made entirely of physical means, a simulation of a simulation.
Commissioned by the Margate Festival x Turner Prize. Supported by grant from Arts Council England with National Lottery Funding, Kent County Council Arts Investment Funding and Albedo 100 sponsorship.
With thanks to the National Sumo Federation, Hali Keenan, South Eastern Railway, Well Projects Gallery and Spacer.
