Bright Dynasty is about an ever expanding sense of being at home on different scales, spectrums and frequencies, within the universe, landscape, architectures and dwellings, with other people, ecologies, within oneself and beyond. In his ongoing enquiry Moore examines the fabric and spirit of life within organic and geometric motifs and arrangements, seeking to extend our awareness of the movement between internal and exterior planes: spatial, poetic, perceptual and metaphorical dimensions echoing across works in sculpture, painting, film, dance and text. Each personifying the essential qualities and changing states of ‘the self’.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Tropic of Sagittarius (2022) detail, Carcharodon Carcharias Wave Iand II (2021). Dimensions slightly variable (each work the mass of the artists palms). Glazed ceramic earthenware. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Course (2022) detail. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
A series of works in paint and charcoal (2021) depict, colour, smudge, and smear articulations of physical and emotional, psychological and spiritual states, reflective and transcriptive processual transmutations of nebulous and exacting embodied and somatic encounters dancing within the installation.
Paintings L-R: Rush, Jolt, Fire, UntitledI, UntitledII (2021), acrylic and charcoal on Fabriano paper, 29.7 x 42 cm. Arena (2022), acrylic on nylon. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Earth body is round (in) finite sunrise I(2022). Circumference 393 cm diameter 125 cm depth 41 cm. Hand bound bamboo, twine; acrylic on woven nylon. Paintings L-R: Angelos, Crysztal, Cellule, Rest, Fourb, Boldersoft, Shoal III, Scapularia (2021), acrylic and charcoal on Fabriano paper, 29.7 x 42 cm. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
The Tropics, a pair of assembled sculptural works, Tropic of Taurus and Tropic of Sagittarius (2022), bind together and suspend terrestrial and marine formations in varying compositions and scales, totems expressive of the multiplicities within ecological, geological, and historical origins and identities.
Tropic of Taurus (2022). Dimensions variable. Maximum height at apex 3.27m (4 x 4 x 4 m). Hand bound bamboo, jute rope; amethyst, rose quartz and red jasper fastened with Māori rock wrap with single strand twisted jute; desert branch, Wonder Valley, CA. Earth body is round (in) finite sunrise III (2022). Circumference 368 cm diameter 117 cm depth 41 cm. Hand bound bamboo, twine; acrylic on woven nylon. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
The Earth Bodies, a triptych of spherical hanging sculptures Earth body is round in finite sunrise I-III (2022) explore metaphors of life and death, and time, location, and distance refracted through the Infinite sunset series of paintings in graphite and watercolour (2022).
Earth Body is round (in) finite sunrise II (2022) detail, Rockslide (2022) detail. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Infinite sunset series (2022). Graphite and watercolour on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm.
Infinite Sunset I-V (2022). Graphite and watercolour on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm. Hand bound bamboo, Forest Gate, UK, jute rope. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Infinite Sunset I-V (2022). Graphite and watercolour on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm. Hand bound bamboo, Forest Gate, UK, jute rope. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
A quartet of silent single channel colour films, Blaze, Course, Drift, Rockslide (2022) contemplate the substance, transitions, and impacts of elemental forces.
Rockslide(2022), single channel colour film. 16 minutes 49 seconds. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Drift(2022), single channel colour film. 8 minutes 10 seconds. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Rockslide(2022), single channel colour film. 16 minutes 49 seconds. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
A collection of unique glazed earthenware ceramics, Carcharadon Carcharias I-VII (2021) render a familiar motif allegorical and enigmatic through repetition, material meditations focussed on the mysteries below the surface of the sea and beneath the level of human and ecological consciousness.
Carcharodon Carcharias I-V (2021). Glazed earthenware. Dimensions slightly variable (each work the mass of the artists palms); Joshua Tree seed pod, Joshua Tree, CA; Granite, Joshua Tree, CA; jute rope; AutoproegrettazioneEnzo Mari design(2021) hand sanded hand-made timber shelving unit 199 x 110 x 30 cm. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Through the polysemous and associative nature of these accumulating collections of works Moore weaves a poetic scrutiny of material and colonial histories parallel to formalist interrogations of minimalism, abstraction, and Arte Povera.
Tropic of Sagittarius (2022). Dimensions variable. Height at apex 1.63m (2 x 2 x 2 m). Hand bound bamboo, jute rope; silver bowl, blue green algae lake water, Epping Forest U.K., minerals, rocks; pendant shells, Dungeness U.K., twine. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Searching within the accumulation of recurring motifs and their relations, Moore sharpens his awareness to the familiar and the unknown, dancing in the space created by the different forms and compositions. The materials and processes at play become transformational allies through a series of performances interweaving dance with the installation design. Each performance retunes the exhibition, creating new vistas and relationships between works, artist, and audience.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Bright Dynasty (2022), performance. Earth Body is round (in) finite sunrise II (2022) detail, Rockslide (2022) detail. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Drift(2022), single channel colour film. 8 minutes 10 seconds. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
The multi-media installation, designed as a sanctuary for intimately examining materials, forms, and processes of transformation seeks to expand our awareness of the multitude of mutable relations which create the structures in the world around us, shaping our identities, and our internal worlds.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Rockslide(2022), single channel colour film. 16 minutes 49 seconds. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Carcharodon Carcharias Wave I (2021). Dimensions slightly variable (each work the mass of the artists palms). Glazed ceramic earthenware. Shown here installed at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
Bright Dynasty(2022). Performance series. Rockslide (2022) detail. Shown here at Phoenix Art Space June 2022.
