A collaboration between Josh Moseley and Tom Woodroffe
Equal parts poetic mystery and forensic investigation, the show explores a world of fragments with both artists using the camera in a similar fashion.
Pointing the lens at the traces we leave behind in an attempt to reflect on the artist's surroundings; the show examines patterns found in the shared human experience. The playful nature of the work serves to disarm the viewer, allowing for deeper introspection into one's own mind.
Through the recontextualisation of new projects and archival work, now shown together, new dialogues are created. A lack of authorship on display allows the creator to become irrelevant, removing previous context.
The intersection between man and nature is an ever present and familial theme explored by both artists. Products of earth are pitted against those of human creation. The works on display provide a space for those differences and similarities to be realised.
The inclusion of photographic apparatus within the images, allows the camera itself to be viewed as a part of the modern day memory forming process. It has become a tool synonymous with our ability to find connection and meaning within the world.
Memory and nostalgia are the driving force behind Woodroffe’s practice creating a diary of moments loud and quiet, often looking at the romance and absurdity found in the everyday. The camera is used as a tool which allows the artist to investigate the world and find comfort in understanding the world through his democratic lens.
Moseley’s work explores themes of Consciousness and Identity through photography and performance. His work centres itself around Phenomenology and its relationship to the photographic, often playing with lens based language and limitations of the image. Significantly, Moseley’s work is an exploration. Using the camera as a coping mechanism to understand the world around him.