A series of functional objects as a response to processes, materials and actions observed on construction sites. By observing construction sites, exploring industrial materials and experimenting with found materials and objects, the artist responds to the physical layers of urban space.
Laurie Oxenford is an early career Australian artist, curator and public art producer. Her interdisciplinary spatial practice investigates the navigation and construction of urban environments. Directed by chance, materiality, site and function, she is interested in the intersection of spatial practices such as architecture, construction, safety and maintenance. With a focus on non-commercial outcomes, Laurie’s installations, assemblages, and sculptures are inherently site-responsive and subversive.
Shifting between the gallery, studio and public space, she actively questions how functional material and objects are used to dictate everyday experience. Through an industrial aesthetic or ‘anti-aesthetic’, Laurie critically appropriates, reorganises and alters found objects and materials while drawing on curatorial principles to experiment with context.
Opening Night: 7th of August 6pm-9pm
