Jordan Hamilton
Criss Cross
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Criss Cross is an iterative installation practice that challenges the boundaries between 2D-3D by manipulating found netting over provisional steel structures. The same set of materials is used repeatedly through each iteration, repurposing netting from potential pollution to a medium for contemporary art. Fruit bag nets from the supermarket are usually thrown straight into the bin, but here, I utilise the intricate textures and patterns as they become a vital part of the life cycle of my work. Criss Cross is always changing through each iteration and I carry traces of my last installation through to future iterations. Criss Cross will never look the same more than once.
I am drawn towards netting as a sculptural, found material. My practice explores the possibilities of texture and pattern in these everyday materials in relation to painting, sculpture, and installation. I aim to challenge the boundaries between 2D-3D by arranging and manipulating found netting materials and objects over provisional steel structures. I see my work as a mass of atmospheric gestures in space, bringing abstract patterns, mark-making, and textural layers into an installation practice. Here, drawing and painterly concepts intersect in converging movements through a sculptural investigation.
Each type of netting has its own qualities and characteristics. By layering, draping, folding, stretching, and tensioning each net into an energy of sensory textures, they lose their original purpose as they transition into a medium for artmaking. Referring to optical illusions and moiré patterns, Criss Cross aims to transform a space for the viewer to be absorbed as they attempt to decipher the organised chaos. These temporary sculptural arrangements explore the passage of looking through–within–externally as I attempt to offer the means to decipher recognisable nets from their function in daily life.
