2012 SCULPTURE BY THE SEA

“In the Bag: Time will tell II“
Materials: timber chairs, hessian, soil, wheat seed, sand, plastic, kite wires & solar lights

This is the second set-up of this site-specific ephemeral installation, reminiscent of a prehistoric stone circle/monument, which consists of twelve timber chairs encased in their own thick transparent plastic bag and arranged in a circle. Each chair supports a live grass-growing seat, and as the grass photosynthesises, condensation forms & drips within the plastic bags, creating a ghostly presence in the work. This would be directly linked to the changes in temperature and the time of day. As evening falls, solar-powered lights illuminate each bag. This installation will change over the course of its display, as always with my work, the outcome is inconclusive, but this is key to the work’s concept.

“The more we have the less we own” Meister Eckhart