In Eyes and Hands

In Eyes and Hands, Vlatka Horvat’s large-scale work projected on the facade of the Graves Gallery on Sheffield's Tudor Square, summons human experiences, conditions, and states of mind via a collection of commonplace idioms featuring objects, animals, and elements of nature placed inside, on top of, or around, various parts of the human body. Creating a picture of humanity that shifts between the comical, the grotesque, and the poetic, Horvat’s text is a surprising and playful compendium that moves from ’time on your hands' and ‘frog in your throat' to ‘hat in your hand' and ‘wool over your eyes.’ As the work unfolds, the phrases are remixed to create a nonsensical list of images which re-imagine the body and its relation to the physical world.

The work is part of Strong Language Programme, Off the Shelf festival.

• http://www.vlatkahorvat.com/portfolios/i...
• http://www.offtheshelf.org.uk/event/stro...