Spectrum

'Spectrum' extends the artist's ongoing investigation into binaries and their impact on society, specifically in relation to gender and sexuality. Coombs researched the site and theme in tandem while devloping this work. The result is text installed directly into the landscape to highlight extremes and offer moments of thought designed to provoke contemplation in relation to the literal and metaphorical interpretations: the birds and the bees as a metaphor for reproduction used by parents to explain to children where babies come from; romantic relationships; western society's ongoing struggle with alternative genders and sexualities; the effects of colonisation; and the impact of weather and climate change to the surrounding land.

作品《Spectrum》延续了艺术家对二元对立及其社会影响的持续研究，尤其聚焦性别与性取向相关议题。库姆斯在创作该作品的过程中，同步对作品场地与核心主题展开了调研。最终成果为直接嵌入场地景观的文字装置，旨在凸显极端状态，并提供可供沉思的片段，以引发观者围绕多重字面与隐喻阐释展开思考：以“鸟儿与蜜蜂”作为生殖隐喻——即父母用以向子女解释婴儿来源的常用说辞；浪漫亲密关系；西方社会对多元性别与性取向的长期接纳困境；殖民主义的遗留影响；以及周边土地所承受的气象灾害与气候变化冲击。