teetotum

Adele Prince

'Fold Here'

My work often takes an everyday action or ritual as its starting point, focussing in on the minutiae of our day-to-day activity and breaking this down into step by step instructions. This has minifested itself in many ways: a neon sign showing how to use chopsicks, folding instructions printed on pay-and-display car park tickets and a performance giving directions in knicker-folding. I enjoy working with interactivity, and have a strong web presence which allows visitors to encounter my work all over the world. Recently, I have become more and more interested in taking my work outside and going for a walk (or run) to see what I can find, which has led me to search for abandoned shopping trolleys and to run alongside a railway line over a period of four days.

For teetotum, I will be revisiting and developing a piece of work where I folded shirts and knickers as part of a performance featuring moving image. I would like to bring together the various concerns in my practice and create an interactive ongoing performance which will involve the local community as I go out onto the streets and have a nosy at their washing lines. As I research local folding styles, I will devise a definitive folding sequence to be displayed as an illustrated wall-based work within the gallery space and act as a guide to folders everywhere.

Residency Sept 28 29 30