with this sculpture I continued my exploration of materials and the way they inform the creative process. I returned to the idea of how we see ourselves, the self created by the way we remember what we once were. I am fascinated by the fact that the order we experience things affects us as much as what we experience.
I am drawn to the way the memory can establish links between un-related objects and that these objects are then forever united in our mind. these connections form an armoury for battles throughout our lifetime.
recycling in itself reinforces the idea of memory in the work; as the books have been read they form a background for new encounters and experiences in the same way the piece of wood was an off-cut of an earlier creative act.
the books themselves are now objects, having been pierced and made unreadable. the weight of the books will stay with one until the memory of the story and the actions of its characters dissolve into the very core of ones being.
the idea of time constructing the artist constructing art about time.
