Boundary objects – Moth Lamps, 2022–2023
Moth’s Fanciful Solutions for a Bright New Future
Exhibited at Võromaakultuurikoda, Võru, Estonia; Ruutikellari Gallery, Hamina, Finland and Tampere Maja, Tartu, Estonia in 2022; Lasnamäe Pavilion–Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia in 2023
The world is a catastrophe – ecological disaster, climate crisis, toxic plastic rubbish, melting north and south poles, rampant inequality, wars and conflicts, and an apparent a deficit of good ideas – but I try hard to remain optimistic and look at things differently.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs
These lamps are boundary objects because they functional and decorative, sitting between art and everydayness, and they occupy the space between the ceiling and the floor. Some illuminate objects or spaces beyond themselves, but others are selfish and only attract attention to themselves.
Exhibited at Võromaakultuurikoda, Võru, Estonia; Ruutikellari Gallery, Hamina, Finland and Tampere Maja, Tartu, Estonia in 2022; Lasnamäe Pavilion–Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia in 2023
The world is a catastrophe – ecological disaster, climate crisis, toxic plastic rubbish, melting north and south poles, rampant inequality, wars and conflicts, and an apparent a deficit of good ideas – but I try hard to remain optimistic and look at things differently.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs
These lamps are boundary objects because they functional and decorative, sitting between art and everydayness, and they occupy the space between the ceiling and the floor. Some illuminate objects or spaces beyond themselves, but others are selfish and only attract attention to themselves.
Sixteen Moth Lamps Lighting Sixteen Things
Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art, Möhkö 2023
At the Möhkö ironworks museum in far eastern Finland these lamps do their best to light the ruins of one of the old furnaces.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs
Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art, Möhkö 2023
At the Möhkö ironworks museum in far eastern Finland these lamps do their best to light the ruins of one of the old furnaces.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs
Moth’s Fanciful Proposal: Diorama Lamps Lighting Important Things
Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art, Möhkö 2023
I resist being pinned down like a dead moth in a museum collection and delight in flitting around in the expansive border between art-art and non-art. Using plastic, as the main material for these lamps, I am aware of its ambivalence as a toxic substance poisoning the planet, but also how it appeals to the very human desire for novelty and colour – we are like moths attracted to a flame.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs
Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art, Möhkö 2023
I resist being pinned down like a dead moth in a museum collection and delight in flitting around in the expansive border between art-art and non-art. Using plastic, as the main material for these lamps, I am aware of its ambivalence as a toxic substance poisoning the planet, but also how it appeals to the very human desire for novelty and colour – we are like moths attracted to a flame.
plastic, electrical cords, light bulbs