PYRAMID
2020
The bone here represents those who are treated as less than human as in JudithButler's text precarious lives. The bones are used to create a pyramid, and iconic structure of power built by many civilisations for sacrifice, storage and graves using forced labour and often loss of life. The pyramid of bones in this sense is a metaphor. Many buildings and monuments today are owned and built by the people who have taken away the agency of others.
Above and below, Pyramid, cast human femur bones, jesmonite
What Grows Out of This Dead Lane?
What Grows Out of This Dead Land, cast human femurs in jesmonite
What Grows Out of This Dead Land?
A quote from TS Eliot's modernist poem the Wasteland. Eliot was metaphorically referring to the loss of life not only during World War I but also the Spanish flu of 1918 to 1919. He questions the future and how can civilisation rebuild itself?The question is reflected here with a broken pyramid. His bleak poem seems poignant during the COVID 19 pandemic of 2020.
Human traces
Snowflakes like ourselves leave a fleeting trace – this work uses cast human femur bones arranged like a snowflake and explores human temporality. Bones reflect the level playing field of traces, memory and loss.
PYRAMID
2020
The bone here represents those who are treated as less than human as in Judith Butler's text precarious lives. The bones are used to create a pyramid, and iconic structure of power built by many civilisations for sacrifice, storage and graves using forced labour and often loss of life. The pyramid of bones in this sense is a metaphor. Many buildings and monuments today are owned and built by the people who have taken away the agency of others.
Above and below,
Pyramid, cast human femur bones, jesmonite
What Grows Out of This Dead Lane?
What Grows Out of This Dead Land, cast human femurs in jesmonite
What Grows Out of This Dead Land?
A quote from TS Eliot's modernist poem the Wasteland. Eliot was metaphorically referring to the loss of life not only during World War I but also the Spanish flu of 1918 to 1919. He questions the future and how can civilisation rebuild itself?The question is reflected here with a broken pyramid. His bleak poem seems poignant during the COVID 19 pandemic of 2020.
Human Traces
Snowflakes like ourselves leave a fleeting trace – this work uses cast human femur bones arranged like a snowflake and explores human temporality. Bones reflect the level playing field of traces, memory and loss.
