An Endless Loop

This exhibition extends Sam's recent photomedia investigation into electrical waste,  showing highlights from her 'Short Circuit' body work alongside new work that takes a small but surprising deviation using 3D technology .

'Short Circuit' explores electrical waste, examining its form in a series of electrical typologies, its function in a series of site specific landscapes, and its hardware footprint in a series of timelapse moving image works. 'An Endless Loop' broaden's Sam's formal investigation into functional objects, this time examining them in a lenticular 3D space.

Using multiple camera positions, the objects are photographed in a still-life arrangement in a domestic interior. Sam is interested in challenging the 'remoteness' of the 2-dimensional image in this work, using lenticular imaging to reveal multiple perspectives. She  wants to explore beyond the decisive moment, extend it in time and space, inspect it and find a broader 'truth'.

The investigation of the objects is encouraged as the viewer is drawn to explore the tableaux from multiple perspectives. Sam is interested in highlighting the process of looking, allowing the viewer to move around the objects and examine them like curiosities in a museum display. The still-life arrangements are covered in a thick layer of sand - as if they have been left for some time or are being progressively covered over time. The deliberate arrangement combined with the reckless abandon offer a tension that Sam is interested in exploiting in this work. 

 A lenticular image denies a fixed viewpoint. 'An Endless Loop' is the artist's exploration of the life cycle of objects, and a curious investigation into form, function, space and time.

Practical Electricity :: domestic still life I

Practical Electricity / domestic still life I from Sam Oster on Vimeo.

Practical Electricity :: domestic still life II

Practical Electricity / domestic still life III from Sam Oster on Vimeo.

Practical Electricity :: domestic still life III

Practical Electricity / domestic still life III from Sam Oster on Vimeo.

Practical Electricity :: domestic still life V

Practical Electricity / domestic still life V from Sam Oster on Vimeo.