“Addictionary”
Oliver Cloke and Kathy Heyward
19 Apr → 11 May 2013

addictionary (?æd ?d?k???neri) [L. addere, from ad. to, and dare, to give. LL. dictio, a word; L. dictio, a saying, from dicere, to speak.]
1. n. A reference containing words alphabetically arranged with their meanings, illustrations, etc.
2. n. A playful game that references modern technology and the traditional dictionary
3. n. A device for exploration and interpretation through creation, addition and reconfiguration of new words.

The OK Collective, working together since 2009, is the collaborative practice of Oliver Cloke and Kathy Heyward. These two artists developed an interest in the intersection between their practices; Oliver’s love for social spaces and Kathy’s passion for structures, hapticity and the hand-made. They proposed an ongoing project that produces sculptural works, drawings and publications that often respond to sites and contemporary society. Humor and playfulness are the focus of most works, reflecting and mimicking the processes that we all partake of – whether consciously or otherwise. They wish for interaction with their Artworks to instigate questioning, hoping to divert the preconditions for viewing artworks and induce further inquiry.