remarketing the consumed and discarded
Steve Bradley's interest with discarded materials of the River Hull Corridor is multifaceted: the location where the trash is found, the manufacture of the item, the distribution and who threw it "away". The artist is interested in asking questions on who the consumers are and what the debris tells him and us. Steve Bradley is concerned with what the archaeologists call the "fringe effect" the disposal of rubbish at the edges of the occupant's living space. Steve Bradley collects rubbish as an archaeologist collects artifacts, repackaging and representing back to the consumer for reconsumption. A form of recycling. Each new packaged debris will have a card of authenticity with the artist's signature documenting the site where the debris was found including the time and date.
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Archealogy
of the Contemporary was located in Trinity Market, Trinity House
Lane, Hull, England from 25 to 31 March
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happy customer
Placing a challenging installation like Steve's in Trinity Market highlights our initiatives for using different potential new traders or exhibitors in the arts and creative industries into creating Trinity Market and Hepworth's Arcade as a vibrant, lively distinctive retail village in the heart of the Old Town" Jon Pywell (Operations Manager Tourism Markets)
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Packaged
and ready for market debris
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another couple of satisfied customers