To enter Mandy Johnston’s work is to encounter a field of slowed attention, where perception sharpens through quiet, material transformation. Meaning accumulates gradually; it is gathered. The installations hum, flicker, and shift, drawing attention to processes that often unfold beyond immediate perception. These are spaces of transition, where matter softens, form destabilises, and the visible meets its underlying conditions.

“This body of work continues an investigation and re-envisioning of how we mark moments and support one another, and suggests that we find value in the process of becoming undone.” Johnston locates herself within a transitional phase, where the intensity of fire continues to shape the work while gestures of emergence begin to surface. Within this in-between space, gathering becomes a way of processing, repositioning, and preparing for what follows.