RESONANCE

Production Alessi Spa. 2006

This project, conceived in 1996, reflects Alice’s curiosity into the value systems we use to assess, on one hand, paintings and drawings, and on the other, objects. Mathematics and geometry are Alice’s starting point for the Resonance Collection. She utilises lines and arcs to arrive at harmonious, geometric compositions. The compositions begin as drawings, develop into paintings, and then finally – through choices in cutting, bending and folding – are transformed into three-dimensional objects.

In this series Alice encourages the viewer to consider how we give value to objects of creative inspiration. Are our conclusions regarding value based on our instinctive response to objects, or are we influenced by group consciousness? Alice is interested in how the latter is formed, particularly through the influence of media, magazines, and also the curatorial, gallery and museum cultures.

Alice believes that all products of creative inspiration have the same value. The intention of this project is to celebrate all creative art forms and to illustrate how the same geometric fundamentals can be used to produce three different outcomes: a drawing, a painting and an object. Alice believes that we are living in an exciting time where ‘anything goes’, where the boundaries and frameworks that influence the perception of value are constantly blurred and dismantled, allowing creativity to be explored without limitations.

Resonance Centrepiece 600mm Diameter 18/10 Stainless Steel. Alessi Spa

Resonance Painting. Acrylic on Plywood. 600mm Diameter

Resonance Drawing. Ink on Paper