Getting There

2018, Recycled timber and timber.

Getting There is concerned with the making of a journey on one spot. Combining sculptural, performative and philosophical aspects, the work will be constructed, exhibited and deconstructed entirely within a six to seven-week period. It is conceived as a large, rising, pathway that compels the curious visitor to follow it through the exhibition hall and up into the roof area with the promise of touching the ceiling. Visitors will be able to watch its construction for the first three weeks, use it for the next two and see it dismantled in the last week.

Simultaneously purposeful and pointless, Getting There mirrors a common human personal goal: ‘to get somewhere’. Despite the where being abstract, the benefits of achieving it unclear and ultimately the goal rendered futile by death, the endeavor of getting there is commonly understood as a worthy idea. Lathwood’s new work provides a platform for interrogating this idea informally with visitors to the gallery and through a programme of discussions and activities.

Getting There

Getting There is constructed of mostly recycled timber. After the exhibition, the installation was dismantled and the materials repurposed. For example, some timber stayed at the galley and was made into storage shelves, A member of the public rebuilt their shed roof, another build a decking. Many of the smaller offcuts were taken as fire wood.

#TouchTheRoof

Essay by Laura Purseglove

Variable, 10.5m tall staircase

Brighton, UK

Photography - Edward Bishop

Commisioner - Fabrica Gallery