A neon text work that highlights the precarious nature of relationship and the easy slippage between states of togetherness and isolation.
We was installed on the Leadenhall Building, London, for both the 11th and 12th Editions of Sculpture in the City 2022-2024.
The neon work reads WE ARE ALL ONE. The first L in the word ALL is set to flicker as if faulty, meaning the work is in constant flux between the statements WE ARE ALL ONE and WE ARE ALONE.
While offering two seemingly contrasting texts through the same sign the work also offers a paradox: that if we are all one, one is a multitude, and if we are alone, to be alone is a shared experience.
Participating Artists:
11th Edition 2022-2023:
Emma Smith, Alice Channer, Emma Louise Moore, Victor Seaward, Mike Ballard, Oliver Bragg, Ugo Rondinone, Sarah Lucas, Eva Rothschild, Claudia Wieser, Shezad Dawood, Guillaume V’andate, Bram Ellens, Jun T. Lai, Jocelyn McGregor, Pedro Pires, Jesse Pollock, Bosco Sodi, Elisa Artesero.
12th Edition 2023-2024:
Emma Smith, Vanessa Da Silva, Emma Louise Moore, Victor Lim Seaward, Larry Bell, Isamu Noguchi, Oliver Bragg, Ugo Rondinone, Phyllida Barlow, Simeon Barclay, Arturo Herrera, Mika Rottenberg, Jocelyn McGregor, Pedro Pires, Jesse Pollock, Rafael D’Alo, Elisa Artesero.