Georgia Brady-Tompt: JIG 消化

Georgia Brady-Tompt’s art practice delves into the fluidity and temporality of Space. Central to her concept is an exploration of how her creations and the act of making itself can establish connections with architectural spaces, transforming them from unfamiliar, open, and free-flowing space into temporary place-making marked by a specific sense of attachment and perception. Georgia’s creations spans installations and paintings. Her installations incorporate recognizable objects sourced from domestic and industrial contexts, particularly ready-made components from air circulation systems. These materials are deconstructed, arranged, and composed, stripping them of their original utilitarian functions while allowing them to interact with the characteristics of the surrounding space. Through this process, the materials are “digested” into installation works.  In her paintings, Georgia often explores the subtle interplay between psychological and physical spaces, presenting forms that are rich in illusion and exaggerated geometric textures. She views her paintings as the inverse of her sculptural works, describing them as elements that are ultimately “ cannibalised” into the sculptures themselves.

“Iteration” is another defining feature of Georgia’s creations. She always recomposes and restructures existing works in response to the specificities of each exhibited space, integrating locally sourced materials to create new iterations. For Georgia, artworks and spaces are never in a static or juxtaposed relationship. If spatial flow as infinite, perception as deeply personal, and materials as inherently malleable, only iteration becomes everlasting. Based on this principle, CHAPTER 6 invited Georgia to participate in a residency within the gallery space, where she engaged in site-specific processes of creation and reconfiguration. A transient yet unique attachment is naturally forged between her actions, the iteration of her works and the space.

The title of the exhibition, “JIG DIGESTION” reflects Georgia’s artistic approach. “JIG” refers to a temporary, specialized tool, symbolizing the characters of her creations: ready-made materials that are continuously dismantled and recombined, their functions and meanings repeatedly dissolved and redefined. “Digestion” serves as a metaphor for her creative actions. In Georgia’s artistic philosophy, space is not merely a neutral container for displaying works, nor is creation an isolated presentation confined within it. Instead, the artist invites the audience to witness the process of becoming "JIG DIGESTION"—a dynamic, evolving encounter between artworks and an unfamiliar space they inhabit that resists fixed definitions and embraces the inherent impermanence of both space and creation.