from Anthony Elms artist talk at ACRE

Juan Muñoz: “If you remove the furniture from a room, the room is loaded with that emptiness. It’s not an empty room, it is a room which is no longer occupied with what used to be there before. That’s a quality you cannot build from zero. You have first to build the house, then furnish the room, then take the things away.”
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Juan Muñoz, James Lingwood, “A Conversation, July 1995,” Monologues & Dialogues, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1996, pg 127.

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Adam Farcus - Untitled (rag on conduit box) 2008-2010

After having this thing/piece around for 2 years I think I've finished it (or let it settle) - so may move on. In person it is slightly uncanny in that it seems purposeful but it is not clear what the purpose is. It is almost accidental, and it resembles some sort of nest or marker.

UPDATE: This needs a better title - something poetic. It is a mysterious piece; part magical, part romantic, and part uncanny.