Author Description

Most of the artists in Various Small Fires were commissioned to produce works reflecting on physical and psychological space in response to the Royal College of Art galleries. These galleries exist in a perpetual state of flux, witnessing the constant making and un-making of exhibitions, but also function as a daily thoroughfare for staff and students. Various Small Fires uses the exhibition space as the material and the environment for a number of dialogues between ideas, architecture, artworks and visitors. Within this environment the works function individually and can also be clustered into constellations of small fires.