Potential Energy

There is something to be said for the notion that most of today’s technology is leading us, as a
species, towards inevitable redundancy. Is it only a matter of time before online environments
break free of their tenuous connection to the physical realm? Despite the possibilities of new media, much artwork that utilises the latest technology still posits viewers in the same way as more traditional mediums: as secondary
observers, absorbing the work from afar, perhaps crucial to its interpretation but definitely not
its creation. Jordana Maisie is not of this school. Her work exists to be played with, and it only truly comes into being through the interaction of the viewer. Potential Energy, is a series of galvanised metal chains hanging from ceiling to floor in a single row, creating a corridor the length of the exhibition space. Using infrared sensors and analogue and digital electronics, physical movements are relayed into wave patterns that move up and then instantaneously trickle down the length of each chain. Despite the dependency on and celebration of technology in her work, Potential Energy light-heartedly preferences the body, grounding the audience in a very physical realm