STATEMENT

We live in a constant dialogue between memory and our experiences of the present.

Kirsty E Smith's practice draws on a passion for architecture and the optimism of Futurism.

As humans we have a fundamental need to make sense of the world and our place in it. The world comes to human experience transmitted into the brain in a vast flow of neural impulses from the eye, the ear, the tongue, skin and so on. Kirsty E Smith responds to her own sensory experiences of spaces, both architectural and domestic, by making sculptural works which themselves trigger the senses, taking viewers on a journey of their own.

Her intention is to create work which resonates on a deeply emotive level and which acts as a vehicle to reconnect with a 'place' or memory deep in our subconscious.
Frillip Moolog is the name that she has given to such a place.

Smith takes a playful approach to scale, and the sculptural forms which she creates are inspired as much by industrial design as by architecture. Tactile details are a keynote in her work; working with a disparate range of materials which in combination have a powerful effect on the senses.

She works at the hinge of different worlds: between that of vintage Sci- Fi and the domestic and everyday.

Her sculptures are 'vessels' which hold and suggest many ideas simultaneously. They are rich with history and narrative, both in a personal and more general sense.