My practise and thinking draws from the self-conscious creation of the domestic space. It is a location in which we, as consumers, define our own aspirations and taste. Televised design shows, shop windows enacting domestic interior configurations, interior decorating and furniture magazines all elaborate a familiar language of nostalgic possibility, which we, in turn, aspire to surround ourselves with. In this dialogue, the domestic space becomes a familiar, but also alienating location. The Ideal Home Exhibition (now Show) seems to exemplify the experience of this form of self-conscious construction. It sets out to replicate the domestic experience, but exposes its artifice at the same time.

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