tom johnson : artwork

17:30 - 20:30 Milsom Place, Milsom Street, Bath

back in march last year me and will kendrick  went over to oxford to help out a friend of ours and fellow bath spa graduate  lewk wilmshurst  with the installation of his first solo show.. the show took place at Freud on walton street. a rather challenging install not only due to the dsetinct lack of manpower but Freud is beautiful and interesting but also structurally quite awkward to hang work in effectively. we rose to the challenge and learned a great deal in the process, lessons which have proved useful in subsequent installations. poster design by Garry Edison Cook the main piece (from which the show took its title) is a triptych of the three works, ‘Mutual’, ‘Coordinate’ and ‘Science’ and as a piece discuss’ our relationship with the natural world. ‘Mutual‘   Mutual is a light box with an image of an orang-utan routed into the Perspex. As you inspect the work, The Orang-utan reciprocates your inte...

We managed to get access to the redcliffe bridge control room in bristol for a little while before christmas. So as another MadeScapes project, i collaborated with Jack Addis , Alex Cotterell and Will Kendrick  to produce a moving light/sculpture/installation which was imaginatively titled 'Control Room'. If u are wanting to see it in real life im afraid u missed the chance for this configuration.. but fear not, the piece will be reconstructed and reinstalled for ur viewing pleasure in the very near future...