Laura presents a film within a sculptural installation – an arrangement of pebble-dashed household appliances. Her recent work and research has focused on the shifting boundaries between public and private space, in particular the negative implications of smart domestic appliances. The ‘invisible’ potential of networked appliances seem at odds with their bulky forms and disposability. Assuming a fragmented, house-like form, Laura’s pebble-dashed white goods suggests a life rooted to and dependent upon buildings and objects that will outlive us.
The film is composed from corporate stock footage and new footage staged and shot by the artist. The latter centres on the changing urban landscape of East London. Parallels are drawn between tattooed skin and urban graffiti, decorated surfaces that occupy the border between inside and outside, inclusion and exclusion. These markings serve to both animate the film and reframe the spaces they inhabit.
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