THIS WEEK AT RUNT SPACE:
Elena Halkas presents
"Fragments"
Opening Tuesday 9th April
5pm-7pm
Elena Halkas ‘Fragments’ exhibition
In this series of works, 1st year Fine Arts student Elena Halkas explores the theme of the evolution of technology in the 21st century, examining the idea of connection and communication using technological devices.
In her first artwork, a drawing with blue felt-tip pen and fineliner on paper, Elena looked at the negative effects of technology on society. The blue colour scheme of the connecting triangles symbolises, as Elena writes in her artwork description, "a
unified body of water that connects suburbs and individuals
together". A mobile phone can be subtlety seen among the triangular forms, which are purposefully placed apart in order to emphasise the separation Elena feels excessive technological use has brought to society.
The composition of these shapes incorporate
several bus stop routes, indicative of another way people connect and communicate.
In Elena's second work, an eye-catching installation that spreads across two walls made of MDF wood, gesso and spray paint, Elena attempted to illustrate both the positive and negative effects of technological communication on contemporary society. In this work, the triangles are representative of individuals and groups in society that are all connected in some shape or form.
Madeleine Thornton-Smith
In this exhibition Madeleine is attempting to explore the tension between the natural world and urban 'environments'. Where do humans belong? Is is 'natural' that humans exert control over nature, playing God by creating gardens and destroying the natural environment, only to create their own urban 'ecosystems' of sorts in cities? Through the use of collage, fineliner and felt-tip pen drawings, and paint, she has created a series of works with the aim of examining these questions. 
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