By constructing a chair from wood found in a half-mile radius around his home in South London, Philip Morris attempts to explore the limitations of found materials, juxtaposing the consistency of chair structure with the inconsistency of material.
Final design of Philips core fundamental bone structure.
n refiguring the wood he invites the public to question the beauty and functional limitation of discarded material deemed to be worthless by society. The user is asked to consider their negative relationship to waste by sitting in the chair – the work can only be realized through the contribution of the viewer
Philip’s work doubly fulfills its function by allowing access to David Dunnet’s piece.Philip’s practice confronts ideas of failure and functionalitywhilst, David is interested in the use of translation as a tool for critiquing accepted systems.
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