At first glance the space contains everything you’d need for the perfect stay. Prime location, bathroom, kitchenette, workspace and sleeps four cosily. Decorated in elegant and inviting tones of taupe, fawn and beige. It looks like a space you would like to climb into and never leave.
Yet things aren’t as they seem.
The toilet, shower and kitchen are basically one (sh#%ing where you eat!) The beds small, the materials fake, copyrighted, branded. Toxic and cheap. The workmanship shoddy.
Pleasant but uninspired. Comfortable but confined. Dangerously neutral.
Is it a home or a display home and who are we displaying for?
The work asks where do our tastes, our escapes come from. Are they really ours or culturally imposed? Pre-made, implanted palettes. Corporate designed desires.
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Lee Mitchell is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily working in sculpture, specifically discarded found objects. His work explores structures of memory and belief. Lee’s first major solo exhibition ‘Unbound’ opens at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 26 September 2026.