The centre, 2018
» The Centre Cannot Hold (2018)
Floral foam, Light fitting, magazine, plastic cup, plumbing parts
16cm x 11cm x 5cm (series of 6)
Floral foam, Light fitting, magazine, plastic cup, plumbing parts
16cm x 11cm x 5cm (series of 6)
Exhibition: Sublime, MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, 2019
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Created using highly disposable attractively coloured materials as a response to the often illusionary nature of the tourism industry. Utilizing a circular shape as a tool to direct a narrow viewpoint, the subject matter in the photo is often just out of site. The reproduction of the individual experience through social media channels such as Instagram cushions us from the realities of the world and the effect that tourism is having on the planet. The nature of floral foam is that is appears solid and spongy, but it actually crumbles when it is touched. Landscape photography is taken from magazines depicting holiday destinations, hinting at the desires we have for the 'ideal'.
A 2016 analysis by research company Factiva showed that lines from the poem ("The Second Coming", W.B. Yeats) were quoted more often in the first seven months of 2016 than in any of the preceding 30 years.[9][10] In the context of increased terrorist violence (particularly in France), and political turmoil in the Western world after the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America shortly thereafter, commentators repeatedly invoked its lines: "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."[11][10] - Wikipedia, The Second Coming (poem)
A 2016 analysis by research company Factiva showed that lines from the poem ("The Second Coming", W.B. Yeats) were quoted more often in the first seven months of 2016 than in any of the preceding 30 years.[9][10] In the context of increased terrorist violence (particularly in France), and political turmoil in the Western world after the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America shortly thereafter, commentators repeatedly invoked its lines: "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."[11][10] - Wikipedia, The Second Coming (poem)