EXHIBITIONS

Old Parcels Office Artspace
28 March – 19 April

Deconstructed Cube Form explores what happens when a symbol of stability is taken apart and reimagined. Across two galleries, the exhibition considers the cube not as a fixed object, but as a starting point for experimentation—one that opens up conversations around structure, movement, sound, collaboration, and transformation.

Gallery 1 presents a solo exhibition of new work by sculptor Paul Bonomini, Chair of The London Group and Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Beginning with the cube as a form rooted in order and precision, Bonomini dismantles its certainty. Through fractured planes, shifting edges, and the integration of movement and sound, his sculptures feel alive—pulsing, rotating, and subtly resonating within the space. These works balance control and fragility, inviting light, vibration, and imperfection to soften geometry and challenge the idea of permanence. The cube becomes something provisional: a form that listens, responds, and changes over time.

In Gallery 2, students from Scarborough TEC respond directly to Bonomini’s practice through an ambitious collaborative installation developed in partnership with the Old Parcels Office. Embracing the idea that art emerges from the intersection of creative disciplines and specialist trades, the students work across scales—from 3mm to 3m—using materials including copper pipe, steel, wood, paper, textile, and acrylic. The installation explores construction and deconstruction as active processes, with potential layers of lighting and sound introducing an immersive, time-based dimension.

The project foregrounds process as much as outcome. Every stage of development is documented through photography, presented alongside the final work to reveal the complexity of making, problem-solving, and collaboration. For the students, the exhibition offers hands-on experience that bridges technical expertise and creative thinking, developing transferable skills while fostering a deeper understanding of the relationship between manufacturing, art, design, and the wider Creative Industries.

Together, both galleries position the cube as a shared language—one that connects established sculptural practice with emerging voices, and precision with experimentation—revealing form not as something fixed, but as something continually becoming.