'Surface tension',
Harley Gallery 2004.

‘Surface tension’ was a sculptural installation made in direct response to the architectural features of the Harley Gallery and its courtyard garden. Within this strong and rather formal framework, Gillian created several ‘interventions’. These reacted to the different types of surface in the space, exploring the notion of cause and effect and interrupting the spatial layout.

The resulting works were a series of tectonic anomalies that appeared to have a structural or functional purpose but were in fact anti-function. Despite this, they were not apparently decorative. They inhabited the space and affected it, giving an insight into the way that a place can be altered by certain particular additions.

All images © Gillian Brent