A Means to an End by Patricia Driscoll at Gallery MOMO

South Africa Thu 15-09-2011

A Means to an End by Patricia Driscoll at Gallery MOMO
Press Release | Gallery MOMO

Gallery MOMO is proud to present Patricia Driscoll’s A Means to an End, opening Thursday 20 October 2011 from18h30 – 20h00 and concluding 14 November 2011.

Deuteronomy 2, 2011-Patricia Driscoll

Deuteronomy 2, 2011. Archival pigment ink on cotton rag paper, 80 cm x 92 cm

Patricia Driscoll narrates; "The abattoir is a space of ordered containment, organization and repetition, yet at the same time it is a site of trauma. For the animals that meet their death it is the end, the Armageddon, but in the space and time of the abattoir as a workplace it is just another day, another shift. In my photographs I investigate these contrasts and the strange and otherworldly environment that is kept hidden from public view."

She continues, "The abattoir is profoundly disturbing. It is the site of blood, flesh, steam, water and fire in a constant flow of mechanized killing, processing, cleaning and packaging and it smells, sounds, looks and feels apocalyptic. The harrowing context and the programmatic energy of the production line is challenging to photograph and I wanted to capture this dichotomy in my images in which I tried to capture movement and the ambience of the industrial environment."

"As a photographer I have been interested in exploring the notion of temporality as it may relate to still photography and linking the perception of time with movement in space. In the abattoir the time code of work and production in the form of the assembly line dictates the pace of the work which is repetitive, loud and ongoing. Each unit along the production line has its own task which is executed according to its own specific duration and some processes happen faster than others. There are also lines of work areas that happen at various levels below and above. I have tried to explore some of these temporal features in my photographs in capturing an experience of the abattoir,” she concludes.

Please feel free to contact Gallery MOMO on +27 11 327 3247, or e-mail karen@gallerymomo.com. High resolution images and more information on the artist are available on request.

Posted By: Allan Kapten

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