A PLACE TO REST
A PLACE TO REST
A PLACE TO REST
Photo documentation. Building, A place to rest. 2018.
Photo documentation. Building, A place to rest. 2018.
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Its year two at university. I decide I want to use some of the objects I've collected to create a sculptural piece.
I begin by moving around the objects into temporary arrangements. Then I would make sketches of the arrangements.
The concept of a hangman's gallows begins to form.
At the time I felt severely depressed, yet I didn't notice the very obvious correlation. Depression makes my thinking fuzzy.
Constructing the frame in the studio at university 2018
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1. Pink sofa base:
I’m washing the dishes and I look out of the kitchen window. Near the entrance to the walkway and next to the dustbins a small mound of pink, La–Z-Boy armchairs has formed. Isla helps me to retrieve a base.
People often throw out household furniture.
2. Wooden panels upon which sits the pink sofa:
Walking home I noticed an elderly neighbour breaking down panels, perhaps they were part of a wardrobe or cabinet, it looked as though he was preparing to throw the wood away. I asked him. We ended up chatting. He offered to give me the wood and helped me to take it home.
As part of the experimental installation of a Place to rest, I removed the mattress and installed two chairs facing one another
Prior to creating the gallows piece I had been sketching ideas related to the idea of 'A place to rest'. I often daydreamed about a space a could enter that was womb-like. I unfortunately struggled with sucidal ideation during 2019 and I think these sketches were an extension of my desire at the time. I wanted to crawl into a private dark space and disengage with the world around me.
A sketch of a womb-like space 2019
A womb-like space 2019
Photo documentation of homeless settlement. Tent in snow, Canterbury, 2018.
I am interested in our psychological relationship to settlement and home.
On my walks I often come across people living without a home and in precarious situations.
Photo documentation of homeless settlement's. Image 1 and 2. London, 2018.