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A neon text work highlights the precarious nature of relationship and the easy slippage between states of togetherness and isolation. 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. The work is inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy's suggestion that we come into being through relationship and his counter proposal of 'we are' to the assertion 'I am'. The piece, commissioned by The Fitzwilliam Museum in 2019, was developed following a year-long project working with Cambridge residents to reflect on what it means to be a 'we'.
Title
We
Date
2019
Medium
neon
Measurements
H 1160 x W 80 x D 10 cm
Accession number
EC3V_SITC_WE
Acquisition method
on loan to Sculpture in the City, 12th Edition, 2023–2024
Work type
Sculpture
Access
at all times
