Grief Sketch
The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors
1/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, 2003, graphite and wax on 8 MDF panels, dia. 3.5m, H 2.10m. Shown under construction during residency at Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, detail
3/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, detail
4/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, detail
5/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, detail
6/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, detail
7/7 The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors, 2011, digital collage with 18th century engraving of the Sir John Soane Museum
Sandbag Haiku
1/6 Sandbag Hail, 2011, Details from installation, sandbags with poem; ON A JOURNEY TO A PLACE NO LONGER THERE A BRIGHT MOON SHONE, and looped video
2/6 Sandbag Haiku, installation shot in brick cellar
3/6 Sandbag Haiku, detail
4/6 Sandbag Haiku, digital print , mounted on board
5/6 Sandbag Haiku, detail
6/6 Sandbag Haiku, detail
Video running during cellar installation, using phrases collected in commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Lewes Floods, typed on to cards and floated in water. As the light fades to darkness, the haiku stencilled on to sandbags beneath become visible. The commemoration coincided with the terrible flooding in Japan and inspired the haiku written by the artist..
On a journey
To a place
No longer there
A bright moon shone