Adam Townend was born in Dewsbury in 1987; Arron Sands was born in Bradford in 1988. They are both currently on the BA Sculpture and Environmental Art course at Glasgow School of Art.They recently exhibited at Garage Space, Glasgow 2008, White Space, Glasgow 2008, in Draw and Order, 58 West Prices Street, Glasgow, 2008; Desire and Transformation, Hillhead Artists Space, Glasgow, 2008. They have a forthcoming exhibition at NPK Church, Glasgow.
Townend & Sands collaborative practice is a result of two separate lines of enquiry, a combination of astrology and the extra-terrestrial object and the oddities of ecological mythology. In their work Tensile Strength a balloon (fit to burst) hovers above a free standing red brick structure awaiting a physical trigger which will release the balloon and its contents into its interior. They are interested in the physicality and pathos of constructed spectacles to distance the audience before revealing a truth.
