Positional Arguments (2018)

Positional Arguments

Positional Arguments is the culmination of a body of work exploring fragmented cultural identity. It comes out of the context of a European artist working in the UK, exploring her own background and cultural language while also responding to the changing political context. 

This work shines a pointed light on the tensions around Brexit: a positional argument is a legal and philosophical position where two sides state their point of view based on their perceived identity without engaging in rational argument or seeking a compromise.  

The tension and the movement of the figures in the work have an energy. Their fragmentation is readable as a metaphor for a shifting Europe, or a symbol of the inevitable intertwining of cultures so geographically and historically bound.