halves (2022)
halves explores the overlooked and discarded sides of printed imagery. Developed through an experimental process of pairing a collaged image with its reverse, the series began with a simple observation: when cutting images from magazines and other printed material, an entire section of the original page - its reverse - is routinely rejected as waste.
Inspired in part by Vik Muniz’s explorations of the reverse sides of familiar artworks, Scott began to treat this overlooked material as an image in its own right. By bringing the two sides together, the works create unexpected relationships between image and absence, surface and reverse, intention and accident. What would ordinarily be discarded becomes an integral part of the composition.
Made during a period in which Scott produced a number of works under the hashtag #nowastecollage, the series embraces experimentation, resourcefulness and the playful possibilities of working with found materials. The titles derive from the objects placed within the overlaps, introducing a further reference to the disposable products and throwaway culture embedded in everyday life. In Halves, the act of reuse becomes both a practical approach to making and a way of reconsidering what we choose to see, preserve and discard.