Susie Macmurray

Susie Macmurray is a British artist who creates amazing architectural installations within her art practice. These poetic installations usually reference the history of the site as well as raise questions of the relationship between the site and the people within it.

A particular piece that fascinates me is 'Echo'. Echo is located within a ninth century church. she hangs hundreds of hair nets filled with violin strings from the nave of the building. The netting and strings will decay, unlike the marble and stone of the church. Macmurray relates it to our own morality and says, "How can we be here, so strong, powerful, full of life and energy, so confident as a species and yet so desperately fragile."

^^ Taken reference from www.susie-macmurray.co.uk

I love the power of the collective, so many minor objects coming together to create a beautifully breathtaking piece, as well as the personalisation to the site. The piece is so impactful because of the illusion of size and importance given by the sheer quantity of these small, otherwise meaningless objects. I can imagine a colourful cloud of my Bioforms hanging in the studio place, masking a abstracted painting on the wall. Both acting as the artwork and being a distraction and obstacle to get to the artwork. A unique and unexpected way of presenting work, in that it will be the obstacle from the typical way of viewing a piece of art. The viewer will have to discover and move their way around the artworks.