Stair 2001
Rubber and felt underlay, 15 x 9 x 5 feet. Slade School of Art MFA Show 2001
Stair partially blocked an arch between two spaces – one light, one dark. The viewer had to push past it to access the space beyond. The piece smelt strongly of rubber and cloth; on close inspection the felt contained tiny elements of broken down pink clothing. This solid heap of matter seemed caught between a state of fluidity and solidity, compressing time and space.
In the light space (pictured here) was the first cast of Forbitten Words, bolted into the wall opposite. In the dark space beyond was Video (I See), a silent projection work. All three works refer to our perceptions of sound and silence, the visualisation of utterance and the formation of language, in different ways.
