“How to weigh the air”
Amy Joy Watson
16 Nov → 8 Dec 2012
Amy Joy Watson's How to weigh the air features a series of lightweight sculptures which are trying to go upwards. They float with the assistance of helium balloons, delicately balance on a single point or form a stack using magnetic attraction.
These geometric sculptures are made using a rigorous and inventive approach to materials and the making process where segments of finely cut, watercolour stained balsa wood or cut sections of fabric are delicately hand-stitched together. The objects are not static, they feel alive and in the case of the balloon works have a life span. The stack of silver threaded clouds can be magnetically reconfigured while the stack of mesh transparent stars gently spins and wobbles.
Upon entering this installation you feel as though you are intruding upon a party and when you vacate they continue with their games.
Amy Joy Watson is a Tarntanya/Adelaide based artist. Amy has presented solo exhibitions throughout Australia at galleries including Hugo Michell Gallery, the CACSA Project Space, and exhibited a major sculptural work in Heartland –Contemporary Art from South Australia at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2013.