Working Table IV
2017
Mixed Media & Installation
A trapezoid black glass topped table, with assorted sculptures on top – including a working table-top fountain and a USB fan, as well as two glass sculptures embedded with raspberry pi screens displaying two moving image works. In the surface of the table, a circular hole shows the moving image work ‘Organic Control’, on an embedded flatscreen. Overhead, a heat map pattern generated by Working Table III and projected onto the ceiling is reflected in the surface of the table, adding another layer of visual information.
Shown as part of ‘Are We All Addicts Now?’ at Furtherfield, 2017.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Organic Control' and 'Clouds' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Install shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Organic Control' and 'Clouds' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Clouds' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Clouds' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Katriona Beales.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Clouds' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' including 'Organic Control' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Detail shot of 'Working Table IV' showing a table top fountain, showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Install shot of 'Working Table IV' showing as part of 'Are We All Addicts Now?' at Furtherfield (2017). Photo by Pau Ros.
Organic Control (2017) Katriona Beales 1m56
Both moving image works playing on Raspberry Pi screens within ‘Clouds’ sculptures as part of ‘Working Table IV’
L: ‘I’ll do anything for a reward’ (2017) 1m08, hand drawn animation based on archive footage of BF Skinner pigeon experiments.
R: untitled (2017) 2m09
Credits and thanks to:
Bruce Marks (glass artist)
Rob Prouse (raspberry Pi and AV technician)
Stëfan Schäfer (book designer)
Weber Industries (fabrication of the table)
‘Are We All Addicts Now?” was made possible by :
The Wellcome Trust
Arts Council England
Science Gallery London
Central St Martins
BF Skinner Foundation
Haringey Council
