©ADAGP Paris

When a visitor enters wearing an item of clothing in the same colour as one of the paints painted on the wall, the performer is triggered to spray that colour causing it to drip down the surface. At the end of the performance a photograph taken of the artwork will be made into a limited edition print and available for purchase. The purchase price of the print is not fixed. It is affected by a device which measures the surrounding radio waves. This can fluctuate according to radio signals, mobile phone devices, nearby antennae and so on. The artwork forms part of the artist’s series ‘Prompts’ which connects hidden, subconscious or background activity with awareness and experience, controlling its rhythm and destiny. This is an essential characteristic of the abstract dimension - unpredictable and random but immensely influential. However, the abstract is also about the interflow of identities, a soup of many different elements that cannot be separated but rather come together to create entirely new forms and beings. ‘Abstractification’ has come to define the modern era. As physical matter and manual processes shift towards more abstract versions, identities morph into each other and become increasingly difficult to distinguish. This is particularly apparent for example in climate change and digitisation causing shifts away from more material state of matter. We will continue to witness the social and political consequence from this in the form of populist, nativist and identity driven leaders. But what will be the consequences and how will the new forms appear?