As part of The Creative Village programme we commissioned two films to share in the Window Gallery at Unit 79/80 County Mall in May and June 2025.
Length: 4min
These modified metronomes draw influence from Man Ray’s Indestructible Object (1957), which itself was a remake of his Object to Be Destroyed (1923), Object of Destruction (1932), and Lost Object (1945). His single metronome was created as a silent witness in his new studio and represented the love and muse he had lost. In Andre Breton’s This Quarter, Man Ray invited artists to make their own versions to bear witness in their own studios.
The word Rubato is a tempo term that literally translates in Italian to mean ‘stolen time’.
The version Singporewala has created for his new studio in West Green, Crawley, deals with the ‘time’ as the object which has been destroyed, not the object itself. Time taken from him, robbed / stolen time. Taken away from all of us.
This piece forms part of new series of video works by Crawley based Singporewala that explores the loss of love, and how loss itself becomes the focus of the object lost.
Length: 38secs
‘Who Cares?’ is a short stop-motion film created by Tort Robinson, using humour to explore the everyday pressures parents face. It draws attention to the often-invisible work of caregiving and invites viewers to see this work as skilled, essential, and valuable.
Tort is a design researcher, practitioner and educator based in West Sussex. Her work explores the intersection of parenting, care, and sustainable design, including natural textile practices.
Her current project, ‘Things We Make for Them’, celebrates the creativity found in everyday care through the objects parents make for their children.
This exhibition was on display in Unit 79/80 County Mall from 15 May – 22 June 2025.
