"Sally Heller’s multimedia installations are visual journeys that take the imagination through the looking glass into a fantasy and theatrical swampland of shimmering silver mylar, wrapping paper, webbed pipe cleaners, plastic plates, chicken wire mesh and whiffle balls. They entertain, but more important, they make one think about the absurdities of modern society and pop culture. The ancients built stone cathedrals for immortality; today’s world makes plastic webbed six-pack holders that will outlast the work of even the greatest stonecutter."
This quote from Louisiana Life Magazine describing Heller's work really helps to explain what I aim to do with my work. I want a visual, experiential journey that is magical and fantasy like. The more I think about how to integrate 'eco' within my work I think about using cotton (the past of Ancoats) alongside the concept of re-use and recycling which is a main feature of present day life that is being enforced within our daily lives to create a garden/park within a city location that never had public spaces especially parks. So creating what could be in the area in the future from the past and present without affecting the current state of the changeable Ancoats. It will provide a space for people to relax and escape and for children to explore whilst emerging themselves within a sensory experience.
The idea of using cheap manufactured products is really inspiring but I think I may focus more upon the theme of clothing due to Ancoats history with cotton, creating sculptures from thread, buttons, fabric etc.
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