Who Shapes What by Vanessa Billy mixes site specific sculpture with an existing video piece at this show in Limoncello Gallery in London. Her work revolves around the notion of describing materials, their origination and how they affect the final outcome of a work.
‘It isn’t easy to define a pebble. If you’re satisfied with a simple description you can start out by saying that it’s a form or state of stone halfway between rock and gravel. But this already implies a concept of stone that must be validated. So don’t blame me for going even further back than the flood.’
Francis Ponge, ‘Siding with things’ (1942)
