FOOLS’ VESSEL: SUSPENDED III

Fools’ vessel: suspended III

Fools’ vessel: suspended III

Fools’ vessel: suspended III

Fools’ vessel: suspended III

This work was shown in the Sculpture in Vines event in 2015 in the Hunter Valley, Australia.

The Fools’ Vessels series of works is a play on the Platonic allegory the Ship of Fools. The original narrative discusses a somewhat impaired ship’s captain that is cast aside by a mutinous crew. The crew, while full of jealousy and envy, are inept at sailing and navigation; the result is an ill-guided voyage. Like Plato’s fools our generation’s myopia and self-interest appear to be leading us nowhere while also being oblivious to our environmental effects. In turn our ship, led by such short-sighted values, is facing potential ruin.

In this piece the vessel sits in space, balanced by counterweighted stones sourced onsite.