A local artist Theodore Harper-Davis, has used some of our surplus polystyrene for an art project.

This is the second blog post about this project. For more infor see previous blog entry.

I asked Theodore what it was all about and he said

“My work investigates ideas of suffocation and isolation through material, surface and form. I attempt to challenge the familiar with the unfamiliar, creating contradictions that through my language work in harmony by constantly questioning one another.”

Theodore went on to emphasise how his work engages with the audience. “I seek to reveal the world we live in providing new perspectives on our human relationship with our contemporary environment through the medium of sculpture/installation.”

Drawing attention to the fact that he is taking waste resources and putting them to another use he went on to explain his interpretation of resource use, consumerism and recycling:

“The materials I use are mainly sourced/recovered from our natural/urban surrounding that have either lost their use or no longer have any place. The material is often in a raw state, and has no form prior to my investigation. Because of this, the work always holds on to a strong sense of origin.”

I think what Theodore is doing is a commentary on how waste is not really waste, but something that is useful (an asset , a resource) but in the wrong place.

Theodore is still at the initial stages in this project and so i am looking forward to further developments