Victoria Lucas Proposal for Outside/ Inside Exhibition Yorkshire Sculptor Group

There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness. Had we been placed on earth by a malign creator for the exclusive purpose of suffering, we would have good reason to congratulate ourselves on our enthusiastic response to the task. Reasons to be inconsolable abound: the frailty of our bodies, the fickleness of love, the insincerities of social life, the compromises of friendship, the deadening effects of habit. In the face of such persistent ills, we might naturally expect that no event would be awaited with greater anticipation than the moment of our own extinction.

1 Wasting time is something we all do, whether it be lazing around in bed instead of being productive, not telling someone that you love them until it's too late, or taking part in arguments with someone you care for. Proust suggested that life would become beautiful again if our certainty of future moments was threatened, and the finiteness of life was realised. This realisation would remind us of a number of unfulfilled possibilities concealed beneath the surface of an apparently undesirable, mundane, and apparently eternal existence.

2 My artwork reflects this notion of the passing of time, hopefully initiating a realization regarding the finiteness of life. I hope to leave the viewer with thoughts about their own inevitable death as a way to motivate and inspire. This determination to pursue desires and aspirations will enable individuals to achieve their full potential during their existence upon earth. The work I would like to submit for the Outside/Inside exhibition challenges these ideas, whilst referencing the exhibition theme on many levels. I have acquired two Victorian bay windows, measuring (t.b.c.). My initial idea is to have these two windows inside the gallery space, placed in relation to each other in a way that allows them to communicate as objects. The relationship between the two composed windows is interrupted repeatedly by a shattering sound, the windows appearing to break one after another. Projections of the act of smashing glass will be shown on each window on a loop to co-inside with the sound. I hope to obtain some Gray Vinyl to achieve this effectively.