Andrew Cross

A Vehicle for

Disorientation

My practice aims to re-engage the individual with their environment through a combination of architecture and art, using the idea of boundary as a tool I create dialogue on a human scale between the individual and the building. I aim to re-interpret our relationship with architecture and propose a new way with which to view and inhabit space.

To do so I work on a 1:1 scale within the derelict buildings of Cornwall, using my knowledge and expertise to examine the very nature of these spaces and to relocate elements of them into the gallery space.

In my final project a cut is taken from an unknown building and then documented with photography, the product of the cut is laid as a floor piece for the viewer to walk on and decipher the disorientation provided by the documentation housed in the lightbox.

Biography

Andrew Cross previously trained and practiced within the field of Architecture as a ‘CAD monkey’, but escaped captivity and set about exploring our relationship with space. Working with theatre companies, artist co-operatives and festivals Andrew began to thrive in this exploratory role and now works towards a new understanding of space and our relationship with it.