The sculptures are made from the letters of the word 'gobbledygook' a word used to describe language that is confusing or difficult to understand. The letters are fused together into large-scale sculptural forms that appear familiar yet remain hard to read. Visitors move around the work, searching for meaning and piecing together fragments of language.

 

The project began with my own struggle with dyslexia, but it grew into a wider question about communication itself. We often assume that language is a clear and reliable way of expressing ideas, yet misunderstandings happen constantly. Thoughts are often more complex than the words available to describe them.

 

At the heart of the project is a self-referential semiotic loop. The sculptures are called ‘Gobbledygook’, they are made from the letters of the word 'gobbledygook', and they produce gobbledygook. Language folds back on itself, becoming both the subject and the material of the work. The sculptures invite us to consider how meaning is created, interpreted and sometimes lost.

 

The project consists of two identical sculptures installed simultaneously in very different locations: one in a recognised prestigious venue and the other in an underprivileged school. Although physically identical, the meaning of each sculpture is shaped by its context. Together they form a kind of conceptual entanglement. Each sculpture changes how we understand the other, raising questions not only about language but also about how society assigns value, opportunity and intelligence.

 

For much of our lives, intelligence is measured through language. The project asks what might be overlooked when we judge people primarily by their ability to read, write or express themselves verbally.

 

Ultimately, Gobbledygook is a public artwork about meaning itself. It suggests that meaning is not contained within words, objects or symbols, but emerges through the relationship between language, context and human experience.