‘Trying to make Objects’ explores the perception of space and sculpture within the gallery. STETLA has become a vessel for these barely objects, barely self-maintaining, to fill. The unusually large format of these recontextualised aeronautical sails, artificially supported and squeezed into STETLA’s Montague Rd gallery space, prompts an unusual awareness and interaction of, and with, the inflated objects. Vincent Vallance’s work imposes effortlessly, full of hot air and waiting to be insulted and deflated at a moment's notice. Retaining objectness without slipping into the bounds of becoming one, these shapes perform a personal masquerade of mobility and solidity.

This exhibition took place in October 2025