We entered the space and were told to view the installation first before reading any material. My first apparent notion was to consider the floor which looked to be covered with vinyl tiles and the adhesive was wearing off or possibly purposely left like this? It was a bizarre feeling under foot. You did not have to assess closely to see that they had been clearly printed by hand. Then my attention drifted up to the objects in the room trying to assess their narrative, which was not directly apparent at first other than they were wooden structures on tiles that makes you vaguely think of farms from an Arial view as the tiles were painted green. However this green was a very acidic colour which made you think of artificial assimilation. Within the three rooms of this installation the last aspect at first seemed to be large canvases with prints that looked like windows/ cladding from Tudor houses? As I continued to investigate the three rooms that were originally four, but the wall has been taken down between the two so we will say four rooms. You notice the pattern of the floor changes at different points in the rooms, four colour changes. As you adapted to the flooring you become more aware of the objects in the room, which were not perfectly joined, attention to the handmade again. There is a significant urge to touch but being aware of your environment there is hesitation, then the invigilator of the show sits on one of the wooden structures, interesting I rush over to join in this action, ah what a relief. We then had a discussion with the invigilator about what we all thought; everyone on the MFA seemed to have assessed the work in a similar way. Our attention was drawn to the title ‘inclosure acts’ which is referring to, according to the annoying use of Wikipedia in the flier, as a series of acts during 1604-1914 where common land was enclosed by land owners. Then this was followed by a rigorous determining of the work by the representative of the artist about the meaning of the work. We were then told that what I had first deemed as printed canvases on the wall were in fact aluminium and the lino, I was so convinced I was walking on was in fact made of MDF tongue and groove, the artist had also purposely not adhered them to the floor correctly. It was stated that the artist was referring to the artificially simulated and at the same time drawing attention to the handmade. It was then discussed what that control over the point of perception has on the viewer, and as an artist and a viewer do we expect something different from the art that the 'institution' has to offer.
