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Miles Robinson

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Challenging human ambition and perception through work that treads the line between the mundane and the absurd.

Challenging human ambition and perception through work that treads the line between the mundane a...

Miles's collection evokes a sense of searching for meaning in a senseless world, constructing a narrative critical of humanity's understanding of itself. This search for meaning ties into his critique of hubris and comments on the fragility of human ambition and perception. The collection is satirical in its approach, featuring blunt, monolithic forms which, despite their geometric shapes and perceived weight, still contain a strong bodily presence. The loaded imagery is provocative and ambiguous, leaving the viewer to draw their own associations.

Interpretative text by Stanislava Baskova, BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism and Curation

Final work

  • Conical striped hat on top of cropped hair, infront of clouds, black and white.
  • Curved hammer hanging on a shelf
  • Brooch made of repurposed glass fragments set in steel frames
  • Segmented hammer lying on floor between knees,
  • Black steel block with pylon graphic engraved on it
  • Two rings, one thick circle and one with a large prism on top
Back of grid-like brooch in progress, hammer torc worn around the neck, hammer torc with detached head, three badges

Research and process

Series of research images

Étienne-Louis Boullée, Newton's Cenotaph, 1784;

Plasma bubble photographed 0.025 seconds after detonation of Gadget during the Trinity bomb test, 1945;

Peter Greenaway, A Zed & Two Noughts (French film poster by Thierry Flamand), 1985;

Play safe (Public information film), 1979;

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Vampyr (film still), 1932;

Mid-16th century German cod-piece

Series of photos combining legs and monolithic forms, some with text and an explosion

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TAKE A CHANCE WITH ELECTRICITY

Miles's collection evokes a sense of searching for meaning in a senseless world, constructing a narrative critical of humanity's understanding of itself. This search for meaning ties into his critique of hubris and comments on the fragility of human ambition and perception. Th...

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