By Meike Brunkhorst • July 26, 2022Share —
More than 4 years of preparation, “I’m going to erase you” was opened to the public for 3 weeks from the end of June before being repainted. The construction will eventually be demolished and the site will be converted into apartments. To archive the assignment beyond its physical presence, painter Rebecca Molloy worked with visual effects artist Kieron Helsdon to create a three-dimensional style of the installation that will also be available as an NFT.
The virtual painting retains a glimpse of a former youth club on Surrey Quays and a detailed record of the area that houses Molloy’s hard installation. with the pink cushion with ruffles and the patchtrait duvet in which it is wrapped. The response of the menacing elements with comforting cakes and a clever dose of humor are dazzling in the installation illustrating the artist’s experience with fibromyalgia, a chronic pain that left her bedridden and unable to make or exhibit art for several years.
The overall effect is more productive described as dreamlike, with fragments of memories, bodies and faces floating in weightlessness among pictorial elements reminiscent of landscapes and clouds. The first step of installation is quite overwhelming, similar to waking up from a dream that took you. to situations that were well known, facing conflicts with real and imaginary demons, followed by relief when you learned that the feeling of terror was part of a passing nightmare.
The name of the paintings “I’m going to erase you” is sewn on the cushion and looks like a large banner painted on one of the walls, the words allude not only to the artist’s war against chronic pain, but also literally describe the imminent erasure of the installation. Less obvious is the reference to the cancellation of culture and the risk of suppression as one of the ultimate risky insults to our virtual adjustment egos. we resume our post-pandemic life.
Scenes depicting physical pain and fear, helplessness and misfortune illustrate the darker facets of pain and disability management: grimaces and screams when skulls are stabbed and bodies lean between crooked spines and vomiting skeletons, buttocks and feces are exposed. One of the harshest scenes is faithful to the point of turmoil when the artist faces pain when assessing a complex relationship with his backward father. Painted in a nonviolent pose and calm expression, the figure continues to divert our gaze from the horrors that surround it, providing a sense of comfort and hope.
Rebecca Molloy runs her studio from a disused network center that she stores with other artists and musicians as a caretaker of the house. Designed to protect buildings from squatters by providing an unoccupied area at a reduced price prior to remodeling, guardianship systems are one of the few affordable features for this and other similar cooperations between real estate developers and artists will provide the public with a rare opportunity to revel in immersive art in the dwindling number of abandoned buildings. Recent projects like the Averard Hotel and Fulham Town House come to mind, either providing wonderful backgrounds for site-specific pop-ups, while “I’m going to remove you” reflects a true lived experience.
Presenting a bed to convey an autobiographical narrative evokes comparison; the sincere expression of grief, pain and illness, a harsh parallel that connects the works of Rebecca Molloy and Tracey Emin. Both artists take advantage of intimate torments to explore universal truths. ” I’m going to eliminate you” sums up the essence of Molloy’s practical work as an investigation into human behavior, especially the interaction of our virtual and physical existence.
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Meike Brunkhorst
Meike Brunkhorst runs factor-m, a marketing consulting firm whose heart is artists. She is also a freelance translator, event manager and curadora. www. factor-m. co. uk
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