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    A picture of an electric heater from the last century in an ornate style with glass imitation coals
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    BLOW ME, C Pannell, 2022, found electric heater, 24 x 16 x 12 inches 

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    A picture of an inkjet print with an LED bike light illuminating it. the inkjet print is made up of repeated photos of wax sheets which were impressed with small toys from a family home. there is a wax sheet applied to the print and it is all pinkish in colour.
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    PAPER ICON, C Pannell, 2022, A3 inkjet print stand LED light upholstery tack

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    A picture of a net curtain in a plastic bag, the bag has lavender air freshener in it. this picture is cut out and pasted on a still from a video of the landscape of elm park.
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    SOAKED, C Pannell, 2022, net curtain, air freshener, looped audio from an outdoor market

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    A picture of part of a cast iron coat with used metal and leather dog leads hanging from one hook. on the end of one of the dog leads is an unused Lotto ticket.
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    COMFORT, C Pannell, 2021, part of a found cast iron coat rack found used metal and leather dog leads found unused lotto ticket, 18 x 40 inches

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    A picture of three chamber pots, one is inside a poultry bag tied with a zip tie, with a silicone sheet between the pot and the bag.
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    TO CUT OFF, C Pannell, 2021, chamber pots poultry bag zip tie silicone sheet, 11 x 6 inches

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C PANNELL – MA/MFA/PhD

So I think about how we dress our homes, how we have our homes, what that represents about us but then also what that does to us, just like with labour too.

It relates to my experience of growing up in the suburbs and that I kind of see them as this holding area.

I have this idea of us as people, moving around and the places that we come from, go to, and then leave, for so many different reasons and the pressures that follow that, but also about us wanting to push ourselves outside of limitations or the desire for change, and I am trying to rationalise about, I suppose, what the pros and the cons of that action is.

The bodies surface, a veil, is impressed upon by our surroundings, our local environment. The objects and the people we have around us leave marks, we have a house, a shell, that clings to us and becomes us. The daily blows this surface receives do not compromise it but toughen it and it provides our protection.