Natalie Low (with Dean Reddick) - Sets, Series and Ensembles

Natalie Low

Welcome to Sets, Series and Ensembles, an exhibition of art in public places. Accompanying each public art placement is a 'First Response' for you to read here on the website. As artists and writers we are constantly collecting ideas, objects, themes, and sentiments. We are often searching for the connections and narratives that help us understand both our lives and our art.

Our final set, series and ensemble comes from Natalie Low whose playful art works and beautifully crafted words always light up Collect Connect exhibitions. Today, Natalie's subverted family card game sits patiently in a park waiting to be opened. We wonder what sort of hand might be dealt with this pack! Dean Reddick writes a response.

Natalie Low

Natalie Low

Happy Families

 

The Doctors in the long coats measured the families of the past

And put them in little boxes, neatly measured and labelled.

The Doctors in the sharp suits made paper tools

To measure the new families and sort the typical from the othered.

 

The boxes were left in common shelters and at mundane collection points.

 

But the families were not still and docile.

They reinvented themselves from the inside to suit the needs of the world at large.

They shoved their diagnosis into new shapes and swapped their roles.

They made fun and played happy silly games.

Natalie Low

Natalie Low is a creative knitter, stitcher and quilter. She lives in London, UK with her charming family. She has published two chapbooks Dementia (2015) and recently School Run (2017).

Dean Reddick is an artist and an art therapist. He frequently works with casting processes and loves drawing trees. 
https://deanreddick.blogspot.com/