The Curiosity Cabinet

A curiosity cabinet holds artefacts and memorabilia from the past. This cabinet is a snap shot of many of the issues we are focussing on in 2019. Were we to look back upon it in fifty years’ time, many of these items will either be extinct, out of production, forgotten or reclaimed. The collection has a strong environmental focus; including a lump of coal, PET plastic bottle, electric car, and a ‘keep cup’. It includes motifs that reference the political: (Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter and Gay Pride); the social (a naked statue of Kim Kardashian created like a Roman Goddess); and modern gadgetry (VR goggles). The artwork is viewed from the front as though it is an actual cabinet, and the objects vary in size, encouraging viewers to stop, linger, peer into the cabinet and discover each item.