Exact Fantasies: Recent works by Jay Kochel

Abstract

Jugum Trumpets, 2012 A sculptural tableau presented as a jute shrine of grown crystals of salt and ammonia, encrust an alter adorned with two trumpets of iridescent beetle wings and thousands of pins. epoxy resin, sequin pins, shellac, Jewel Beetle wings, jute, timber, salt, ammonia, Prussian blue, bitumen 150 x 320 x 60 cm

Votives for Little Hans, 2012 A sculptural tableau presented as a votive offering to one of Freud’s child patients comprising wax shoes and a gilded chrysalis of a cast-off saddle. wax, polyurethane, epoxy resin, fabric, timber, shellac, copper 255 x 255 x 130 cm

Smoking Mirror, 2012 A sculptural tableau presented as an interactive video projection ‘reflecting’ the viewer’s spectral image in a black mirror made from a combination of hair and tar. hair, bitumen, polyurethane, polyester resin, timber, webcam, code, computer dimensions variable

Séance, 2012 A sculptural tableau presented as an interactive séance table activated by placing your hand upon a bronze heart. A transducer in the base of the platform produces sound below the participant’s feet while the needle and fluid in the glass vessel begin to move as if possessed. timber, copper, hair, polyurethane, Shellac, glass vessel, found and altered table, magnets, brass, steel, electronic components, custom programming, transducer 170 x 255 x 275 cm