Ben Woodeson is interested in diverse ways that individuals and groups choose to behave when confronted by problematic artefacts within a supposedly safe environment. By frequently employing sharp-edged materials including sheet glass and steel, his work’s relationship with the viewer is symbiotic; the works can easily be damaged by a misstep, and yet the viewer is equally vulnerable to damage from the sharp edges and poised weight within the works.
Inherently, the pieces of Moments of Almost contain elements of a subtle gendered humour, slightly malign and yet they are not traps that exist to harm. Instead, Woodeson’s work raises questions and thoughts of possible consequences of the artworks own equilibrium being disrupted. The works occupy a simultaneous moment of both before and after; an existence loaded with potential energy and consequent possibilities.
