the house has allowed such things to carry on
Savannah Jarvis
11 – 12 December 2021
what if the house was not something you ever chose to walk through the threshold of — not something separate from you, but an extension: a necessity. this house is acting dubiously. this house you have found yourself in is alive, it is in pain and it wants you off of its back.
the house has allowed such things to carry on is an exhibition of new work contemplating the idea of the body as a haunted house. influenced by the idea of the autonomous haunted house throughout video games and literature, this body of work considers your relationship with your body when chronic pain in present — pain may make you distant from your body, it may make it seem unreal. to doubt and hold scepticism towards the structure of an inhabited space is, to me, entirely within the realm of the haunted house.
Read accompanying words by Savannah Jarvis here
OOOooOooO 2021 faux pearl and oil on board, 25x20cm.
I found the houses diary 2021 oil on board, 31x41cm.
Left: The house is trying to convince me it is winter on 40°C days 2021 oil on canvas, 50x60cm.
Right: Water is spilling in places I can’t seem to mop 2021 oil on canvas, 40x30cm.
You’re sure the architect had steady hands? 2021 oil on canvas, 50x60cm.
I just don’t think the pool water is supposed to do that 2021 oil on canvas, 35x45cm.
Left: You remember that scene from Phantom of the Opera 2021 oil on board, 41x51cm.
Right: The walls are … growing 2021 faux pearl and oil on board, 20x25cm.
The contractors insist that the non-euclidean collapsing of all rooms is normal 2021 oil on canvas, 76x50cm.
Tenement 2021 audio, 10:00min, in collaboration with Alistair Taylor.
Left: Shoes off the rug, ya animal! 2021 oil on canvas, 60x90cm.
Right: Almost a jumpscare 2021 oil on board, 20x25cm.
Almost a jumpscare 2021 oil on board, 20x25cm.