Hobbs, James (2024) "For Want of (not) Measuring" at Project 78 and Solaris Gallery. [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

This ongoing exhibition project by Jim Hobbs and Patrick Adam Jones. At each location a new curator is invited to steer the artists’ works in a particular direction through the introduction of further artists. Jim and Patrick’s ideas, research and art works are not allowed to become singular or definitive, but through this generous invitation not only does the conversation become richer, but they too might begin to understand their own works differently.

The question shared in this third iteration between the artists is what happens when data gathering apparatus is employed just beyond the threshold of its functionality or purpose? In an era driven by the collecting, collating and analysis of data, is it possible to look too hard for evidences? Can we observe too closely in our pursuit of a greater sense of clarity? These artists’ do not set out to misuse their measuring and ordering devices - from electron microscopes and taxonomic labelling to analog (and digital) photography and transpositional drawing - yet it is through the unrestrained use of these tools that new voids are seen to emerge, and strange time-spaces to open-up. These hitherto unexplored gaps, excavated within and between the rationally knowable, become fresh sites for speculation, mystery and wonder.

Works by:
Andy Cluer
Caroline Jane Harris
Jim Hobbs
Lynda Laird
Johanna Love
Patrick Adam Jones

Curated by Dan Howard-Birt

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Uncontrolled Keywords:	measuring, collaborations, group exhibition, sculpture, moving image, sound, photography, drawing
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NE Print media
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > Centre for Sound and Image Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2025 13:58
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51704

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