Kate Scardifield: The lighter a thought the more it rises

CoCA is thrilled to present Australian artist Kate Scardifield with a new iteration of her extraordinary installation work 'The lighter a thought the more it rises.'

Working across a number of mediums including sculpture, assemblage, collage, installation and video, Scardifield’s practice explores soft architecture as a poetic means for reimagining the relationship between the body, site and space.

'The lighter a thought the more it rises' deconstructs textile at its heart; touching on the material’s practical uses, it’s many malleable forms and various woven structures, and it’s delicate weight which is often light enough to be lifted by the breeze. Originally developed in 2018 for the Sydney College of the Arts Galleries, Scardifield has developed this new site-responsive iteration for CoCA’s expansive and architecturally significant Mair gallery including a monumental gridded wall work mimicking a patternmaker's mat, and a large-scale sculpture, part scaffold support, part tenter frame - a structure traditionally used to dry milled wool in open outdoor fields.