RADIAL, The Front, Docklands
October 9th – November 2nd, 2013
Radial by Aaron Martin, undermines our belief in the perpetuity of the machine. Martin asks us to focus on what happens when things breakdown. Tyres spin, pushed to the point of shredding, a Concorde engine fires up and fires down. The circular motion inherant to the mechanical, and the manner in which it underpins society, is revealed. Martin’s vieo and digital projection captures the hypnotic beauty and power of the mechanical at its point of functioning and failure. Deb Bain King, 2013