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Evy Jokhova



 
 Three Colours: Green
 Uma Cobra Naturalmente Falsa 
 Mirror Image
 Between these lines I operate
 Bruised
 In this hot desert I miss the snow
 Weighed down by stones
 I dance for you my edifice
 From Memory
 The Shape of Ritual
 Sisypha
 Staccato
 Towering in the conditions of fragments
 Sketch for a Failure of Budgets

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 Short films on Architecture
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Sketch for a Failure of Budgets is a site-specific drawing created for the Standpoint Gallery, London. It explores the universal issue of budget failure from mass development schemes to small scale domestic projects, playing with the notion of influence that architecture and materials have on the individual, both emotionally and behaviourally. Conceived in a conversation with Standpoint curator Fiona MacDonald, and with direct reference to the gallery itself being an artist run space with limited budget, the work takes the pillar hidden behind the gallery wall as its starting point. Operating within a self-enforced conceptual constraint of using materials that cost £3 or under, the work was created from readily available budget materials such as cement, MDF, linoleum flooring samples, photocopies, charcoal and clay alongside discounted mismatched paint samples. The drawing examines architectural language, plans and failure, putting into question scale, perception and form.

'Sketch for a Failure of Budgets'. 2015. Paint, charcoal, photocopies, pencil on wall, MDF, cement, clay, linoleum. 280 x 390 x 250cm

Sketch for a Failure of Budgets II is a site-specific drawing re-created for the Royal British Society of Sculptors, London. Like 'Sketch for a failure of budgets,' 2015, it explores the universal issue of budget failure from mass development schemes to small scale domestic projects, playing with the notion of influence that architecture and materials have on the individual, both emotionally and behaviourally. Once again operating within a self-enforced conceptual constraint of using materials that cost £3 or under, the work was created from readily available budget materials such as cement, MDF, linoleum flooring samples, photocopies, charcoal and clay alongside discounted mismatched paint samples; the installation examines plans and failure, whilst celebrating resourcefulness and ingenuity.

+ The Art Newspaper, "Shout out on social media..." by Javier Pes

'Sketch for a Failure of Budgets II'. 2017. Paint, charcoal, photocopies, pencil on wall, MDF, cement, clay, linoleum. 250 x 330 x 230cm
Photo Credits: Anne Purkiss