SARA RODRIGUES
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DEGREES OF ABSTRACTION
2019
July 2019
Goldsmiths MFA
Degree Show
Ben Pimlott Building

Performative installation and 
participatory performance
indeterminate duration


Materials:

compost
degraded soils
coated seeds
pesticides
NPK fertilisers

cement and sand mortar
OSB boards
wooden pallets
plywood
TV screen
cone speakers
transducers

natural earth pigments:
French ochre
Italian gold ochre
Raw sienna
Burnt sienna
Raw umber
Venetian red
Champagne Chalk

planted crops:
Edamame (soy)
Einkorn (wheat)
Bicolour Sweetcorn (maize)



Degrees of Abstraction is a work in parts. Is is not expected that any audience member will explore the entirety of the piece during the exhibition, but that their visit may allow them to dig deeper into a selected section.

The performative installation is activated by the viewer, who is able to chose between one of four titles, unraveling a painting/graph which is lifted from the ground by Sara and performed with accompanying sound. One of the colours can then be selected, triggering audiovisual information about that section, while a container matching the shape of the graph is mounted. The viewer is then asked if they want the container to be filled, revealing the material which that section refers to. The final stage invites the viewer to take a sample, either of coated seeds, fertiliser, degraded soil or compost.

​Graph names:


Gradient Degradation

Real Investment

Extracted Salvation

​Synthetic Intensity




























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