‘Rock#1’ Sue Scott
Image Description:
Exhibition photo of ‘Rock#1’ a 240cm-long tubular mixed-media sculpture resembling a stick of rock, displayed on two worn old rusty black metal car ramps, shown on a dove grey floor, surrounded by other artworks. Photograph credit: Harry Meadley.
Audio Description:
‘Rock#01’ explores the analogy of the ‘core’ being the problem as well as a solution to accessibility and inclusion. ‘Islands’ of disability, illness, and health conditions run through the core of many diversities, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Most sticks of rock have a pattern – usually the place name – running throughout the length in the ‘core’ and the artist uses this poetically.
By standing alone we are inadvertently closed off from the potential of shared ideas and opportunities becoming ‘Islands’ until we find and create unique connections. As an example, the Isle of Skye stands alone whilst keeping its identity and independence but benefits from a connecting bridge to the mainland, which asks us ‘when is an island not an island?’
Artist Bio
Sue Scott is a Leeds-based artist with physical conditions, who has always turned to creativity as a form of self-help and therapy. Sue is a carer for her neurodiverse son with severe complex needs. Her work is currently exploring the sensory and non-physical to see how this plays out in our physical environments. She is a multidisciplinary artist working in various media like print, textiles using everyday found objects, giving them new life and new identities.
External Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suescott.art/