Imperfect Perusals

This work was the outcome of a three month residency at MATDOT Art Centre in Bangkok in 2023, culminating in the exhibition "Imperfect Perusals" in the Black List Gallery, Bangkok.. During my time in Thailand, I spent time visiting markets, shopping malls, temples and Buddha offering shops to make collections of images and objects to use in my work. I harvested inspiration from ancient temple walls, incense from offering shops, beads from markets, stones from Thai artist's gardens, trinkets and tableware from shopping malls to create my "Imperfect Perusal" of Thailand. I stacked found objects to make small pagoda sculptures (see sculpture section) and collaborated with fire and water to scar and quench paper surfaces, these processes manufacture an archaeology; a sense of time passing or a fragmentation in the work. In Thailand, I have used incense as the fire element to create marks on paper and sand paper to erase images. I have layered and collaged the paper to both conceal and reveal my impressions. My approach encourages reflection on the transitory nature of place and the balance between creation and destruction. The works continue my interest in the spatial and temporal nature of site and the relationships between natural and cultural spaces through the lens of Assemblage and Collage and the added layer of being a visitor within the magic of Thailand.