Installation view. Documentation by Ardit Hoxha
Text for Florence Wild: Droopy Time at RM gallery and project space, Auckland.
From Florence's website:
‘The tides never wash the sand or make it firm. When I tried to make a sandcastle, the sand would just run away through my fingers. It was too dry to hold together. And even if I poured sea water over it, the sun would dry it up at once.’ Iris Murdoch, The Sandcastle
Droopy time brings together recent sculptures that explore forms of time and distance, and acts of leaving and returning.
The sculptures are made from a curious assortment of materials: flamboyant vintage ties filled with rice, tissue paper forms found inside new shoes, volcanic sand small rodents bathe in, guitar strings played by a partner, discarded piano keys and architectural drawing tubes.
Accompanying Droopy time is a text by Ash Kilmartin. In 2008, Florence and Ash presented Modern Love, a duo show at Rm 103.
Installation view. Documentation by Ardit Hoxha