ROBIN WOODWARD

Domesticated Animals (2020)

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As social conditions under the pandemic mutate and complexify, Five Years presents a new work of bio-political live art by
Emma Starkey and Robin Woodward.

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Domesticated Animals attempts to erode the lines between the gallery and the domestic, social and biological spheres. Two animals can be seen in a faux domestic setting: flat washing machine, oven and door. Elevated upon white abodes, stripped of everything including clothes, the two figures navigate their spaces divided by a golden ocean of tacks.

 

Viewers are able to tune in anytime during the 24/7 stream to see how the animals interact when devoid of technological distractions and physical comforts. The exhibition stages an interrogation into human behaviour while in isolation.