‘Exploring the potential of re-activating models, through art practice’
Jo Ray
Abstract:Models are utilised across an array of practices as tools of representation that make the inaccessible or absent, tangible. Often speculative in their function, and sometimes regarded as nostalgic, scale models are particularly entwined with the imagining of possible pasts and futures. This research responds to an ongoing fascination with scale models evident in visual cultures, from enthusiast making practices to advertising and art. In the current climate of uncertainty and in the context of ‘Lost Futures’ (… Show more
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