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Home Entertainment

Taking the form of a weather vane bearing the words HOME ENTERTAINMENT, the artwork is positioned on the roofs of host institutions for the duration of an exhibition. The work is always pointing away from the institution and through the connotation of the chosen expression alludes to the increasing democratisation and commercialisation of culture. 'Home Entertainment' refers at once to the segregation of culture from the experience of everyday life, as well as to the desire to recast collective experiences as personal ones. The vane’s size doubles in each subsequent commission - through an automated procedure for producing sculpture and the resulting suggestive relationship between institution and given audience. Its first installation, 'Home Entertainment 2 metres', was commissioned by Marres, Maastricht for a group exhibition, 'Depression' (19.9. – 29.11.2009) and subsequently as part of a solo exhibition 'Chris Evans: The Cell That Doesn’t Believe In The Mind That It’s Part Of' (27.06. – 12.09.2010). 'Home Entertainment 4 metres' was commissioned by Taipei Biennial 2010 and installed on the roof of Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan as part of the Taipei Biennial (7.09. – 14.11.2010). It has since been acquired by Arts Council England and is installed on the roof of Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool as part of an ‘The Narrators: works from the Arts Council Collection (11.10. - 16.03.2014).