OLIVER SMART
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Much of my current practise is preoccupied with the point of stillness before collapse; the more precarious a physical system, the more it is responsive to the slightest provocation.

I am fascinated with the moment before a thing becomes clear; that place between being and not being, when it feels most real and most human.
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When things are combined in the studio they chat with each other and decide on another way to be together.

This mingling of stuff can allow for a temporal stasis or cause a sudden shift. The alternation of movement and stillness is a rhythmic element in my kinetic pieces which expresses being alive.

Through sculpture I can play with the fabric of the physical world as a means to explore and communicate notions of connection and relationship.
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I am able to physically map out an imaginary space of possible and impossible solutions, free from the concerns of practicality and purpose.
February 2021
Recent Exhibitions

Imago - A dragonfly in motion
Circus Gallery, London, May - November 2019
Solo Exhibition

Circus is 21
Circus Gallery, London, February - April 2019
Group Exhibition

Flight is a Waltz - Curio
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, June 2017
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie

Flight is a Waltz
PAD London, October 2016
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie
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© Oliver Smart 2021
For Oliver's puppetry practice please visit www.foldedfeather.com
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