Phillip Lai: Besides

London-based artist Phillip Lai (b. Malaysia 1969) will respond to the space of Gallery 3 with a new sculptural work. Lai’s work explores themes including occupancy, itinerancy, estrangement and otherness. Within his practice, space and situation are considered as sculptural material. His new commission for Camden extends ideas from his recent work, including Co-presence, 2012 in which swathes of jute were hung over a suspended rope line. This apparently functional arrangement of material emphasised a sense of inhabitation within a space of labour, whilst cymbals hung at intervals marked the potential for noise, disobedience and play.