Calvin Sangster

Exhibiting from 21^st October – 30^th October

at Ark Shop, 44 Sadler Gate, Derby DE1 3NQ

Solve & Coagula comprises of a glacial white fragrance/ perfume counter, staffed only by young men, the styling of whom is a collage and distillation of masculine representations in popular culture and fashion advertising.

An audio loop plays; a purposefully cinematic string composition, commissioned to further elaborate on the ‘aesthetic’ presented. The staff are scripted and directed, and have the power to refuse or accept the audiences engagement and offer them a sample. The staff mediate the audiences consumption of the work, they are directed and styled in a way that objectifies them, whilst intimidating the audience; making them feel out of place or perhaps inferior, and the ‘objects’ somehow out of reach.