belong/belonging/belonged/belonging
(2026)

A large sculpture made from a pile of discarded household items and trash, inside a modern building with people observing from a balcony. The sculpture includes buckets, baskets, dolls, a bike, and various other objects.
A large art sculpture made of discarded household objects and appliances, shaped like a human figure, standing indoors in a building with large windows.
Two women standing in a cluttered indoor space with various objects and decorations hanging from the ceiling, including a chandelier and umbrellas. They are engaging with each other, one pointing at something.
An art installation made of various discarded household objects assembled into a large, chaotic sculpture in an indoor space with brick walls and large windows.
Two women standing in a cluttered space filled with various objects, including a green inflatable object, a toy car, wires, and electronic items, engaging in conversation.
A large sculpture made of discarded plastic objects, tools, and household items, arranged to resemble a mountain or a heap, situated indoors with a brick wall and modern architecture in the background.
A cluttered assortment of various household items, toys, and tools on a table or shelf, including a globe, a helmet, a small house model, plants, and equipment.
A large pile of used and discarded household items and trash inside a gallery or exhibit space, with a brick wall on one side and framed photographs on the wall, and a chair visible nearby.
A large sculpture made of various discarded household items and toys stacked on top of each other in an indoor space. A woman with long dark hair wearing beige cargo pants and a white top is standing nearby, looking at the sculpture.
A cluttered table with a yellow and purple basketball, a pink plush toy, a white plastic bottle, and various other objects including a circuit board, wood pieces, and a rake. The background includes metal wire shelves and various tools and items.
A cluttered store shelf filled with miscellaneous items including a small green toy house, baskets, tools, and household objects.
A cluttered assortment of miscellaneous household and decorative items including lighting fixtures, a small artificial Christmas tree, kitchen utensils, toys, and various other objects arranged on a multilevel display.
A large pile of miscellaneous household items and clutter, including toys, electronic devices, plastic containers, wires, and various small objects, stacked chaotically.
A large pile of assorted used children's toys and household items on an indoor black speckled floor, including bicycles, a tricycle, a shopping cart, gardening tools, a plastic crate, and various other objects.

This work is a community driven pavilion built entirely from 800 found objects scavenged from the streets of Wandsworth, London.
Constructed alone by Barr, the project is a manifestation of community care and intersectional labour politics, drawing directly from her working class perspective and her father’s history as a refuse collector. The installation is shaped by active dialogue with waste workers, local housing estate residents, and charity shops, exposing the human labour hidden behind our waste infrastructure while directly confronting the ecological crisis of overproduction. By transforming discarded consumer detritus into a democratic sanctuary, the pavilion connects localised community care with global climate action. Barr positions the structure as a site of radical resistance, a space designed to reject climate despair and instead foster collective joy, mutual support, and vital public discourse within the debris of late capitalism. The process of construction video can be seen below.

The objects were collected by Barr over the course of seven months during her time at the Royal College of Art Sculpture MA.

Final presentation of this work was shown during the final degree show RCA2026 in the Hangar Gallery RCA Battersea Campus
as part of a curated exhibition ‘The Art of Urgency’ 18-21 June

Materials: 800 Found Objects of the Wandsworth Borough of London, England.

This work is sponsored by the Liu Shiming Art Foundation Bursary.
Gemma was also awarded the Kenneth Armitage Foundation Award during the presentation of this work