![]() For her first Dutch solo exhibition at KM21, Scott continues her interest in transforming industrial materials into soft, bodily landscapes – in this case working with haulage canvas for the first time.įor the past three years, Scott has been living in a house right in front of Dover port. In recent years, Scott has built ceilings, containers and windows in existing spaces, filling them with vast tidal surfaces of liquidity that she created from foraged trash and supermarket gloss and dross. The architecture of a space forms the starting point of her intensive working method. Like the skim or skin of water surface it has currents underneath and winds on top. It is a two-way surface, affected by an interior and exterior space. Scott considers skin as a site that can be cut and burnt by objects or changed and tanned by light. Whether it’s sculpture, clothing or architecture – all areas that Scott feels connected to – there is always an interest in skin. Scott’s unnerving surfaces operate at many scales. Besides the visual and material qualities of consumer products, Scott is interested in the seams and verges between things: the real and imaginary lines we draw on the soil or around objects, defining ownership and possession. Samara Scott is known for immersive installations that explore the fusion between the manmade and the natural in today’s consumer culture. For her first Dutch solo exhibition at KM21, Scott is inspired by the aesthetics and implications of transit and haulage. ![]() ![]() Samara Scott creates haunting installations with used items and materials, emphasising their histories, nostalgias and anxieties. ![]()
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