This series of works offers an intricate profiling into the outline of a found object. At first glance, the works look reminiscent of a floor plan. Here lines of vinyl tape continue her investigation into materiality and the space that exists around an object: in this case, a small broken-off corner of a pallet found on a London street. Often associated with makeshift dwellings and the transportation of goods, in this context, this fragment is used as a source material for a new depiction of space – the outer edges. Engaging with the potential of our urban surroundings and architectural detritus, Tallentire asks us to reconsider our immediate environment, the objects that populate our streets and their ability to produce new meaning. Tallentire’s works on paper speak to a similar visual language. However, these works, zoom into the domestic space, specifically her own home. Overlaying the floorplan with cropped paragraph-sized cards taken from specific passages of text referencing her reading material at the time, the experience of her building is reimagined.
