Often seemingly void of life, like holding tanks or empty baths, stepped pools and reservoirs appear both enormous yet isolated, highlighted by an unknown light source and reaching to unnerving depths. When we do encounter living beings, like in the series "Fights", it is in the form of trout, the collective term for which is a “hover,” when their congregations take a violent turn. What are they doing there? Are they going mad within the confines of their basins?
Kate Mothes, Jacuzzi Error. Exploring the logic of space with Joanna Tochman, "Dovetail Magazine" 2022
Trout farm III
130 x 160 cm, oil on canvas
2018
