Jill McIntosh, Fielding, 2022, installation

The light from the window moved around the exhibition space over the surface of the water and across the wall. This light continuously changed as the clouds drifted over the sun and the sun made its way across the sky. The pathway of the clouds was an unpredictable act, and the sun’s path repeated the actions of my hand/body as I pulled each substrate from the bath. The charcoal dust moved ever so slightly with the breeze from the open gallery door. The heat of the sun encouraged the water to swell the suspended, floating matter, causing it to slide along the surface. The charcoal prints on the wall were also suspended, capturing moments that changed in colour as the sun moved along the wall. The occasional chalk dust escaped the surface and floated onto the floor. The drawings offered visual associations with fluid worlds, submerged worlds, and swelling tides. Jill McIntosh, Transitional Acts: Suspension and Materiality in the Event, Gallery 3, AUT, 2022.