Gordon Flemons

As a sculptor Gordon Flemons is interested in space; the space a form occupies, the space between objects, and how they are located in an environment. Yet with a background in biological research he is also interested in how things spread and change, moving through both space and time.

During a recent residency for the Centre for Arts and Design in the Environment (CADE) at Writtle College Gordon constructed a series of inflatable ‘follies’ in the college grounds. As they were inflated they changed ones perception of space in the gardens and also the way people moved through it. In addition, by the use of polythene bin bags and plastic shopping bags for their construction, the follies address the more political spaces of consumerism and landfill.

Each inflation of one of the sculptures becomes a brief performance the aim of which is to provoke questions rather than provide answers. It is this questioning that Gordon believes is central to both art and science.

Brief Bio: Gordon Flemons completed a BSc.(Hons.) in Agricultural Botany in 1982 going on to become a senior research biologist at Rhone Poulenc. In 2005 he graduated from Norwich School of Art with a BA.(Hons.) and is now a practising artist based in Chelmsford.