And when we are drowning, we grasp at what we can.
Nerburn, K.(2020) The Artist”s Journey. CANON GATE. p233.
c0de to Home: Womb Room, circa 2002 – present. Digital print on linen, 180cm x 57cm
c0de to Home: A Room for Girls to Whistle, circa 1984-present. Digital print on linen, 180cm x 57cm
c0de to Home: A Room of One’s Own, circa 1989 – present. Digital print on linen, 180cm x 70cm
Mummified Artefacts A through D , 2022-ongoing.
Mother tongue: The language a person grows up speaking from early childhood
I grew up in a home that was constantly repainted, but it was never simply a fresh lick of paint or an accent wall. Each layer of colour mummified the previous, filling the walls, up onto the ceiling, flowing through to the furnishings, drowning whatever was there before.
Taking a {psycho, techno, archaeological} approach, the ‘Smothered Tongue Series’ is a colour-coded language, sourced and collaged from articles, literature, film, and music, which speak to the memories of growing-up in colour saturated spaces.
Scan the QR code to tune in or skip and shuffle to find your groove and dance around the heart of the matter.
Smothered Tongue Series: Seismic Activity (A Constellation Installation)
A white cube, Cathedral-like room.
A large empty shopping list.
Numbered but not ticked.
A series of woolly, interlocked lines.
Left, right, left, right.
Womb red to sky blue.
A soft lilac hue to peppermint ice cream.
Spread, like a sheet.
A shrine to Mum’s knitting.
Her latest altar piece.
A small, white stand, knelt in front.
Topped with a canvas bound Order of Service book that reads ‘c0de to Home’.
Not quite a doppelganger, perhaps an older sister, also drenched in the same white, stands at an acute angle with her back to the corner, looking for attention, ready to lecture, judge or chant.
The gavel goes down.
Fragments of home displayed in glass cases, each with their own lot number. All the colours of the rooms captured within it’s layers.
‘Order of Service’
Explains the structure and content of Christian services. A funeral order of service is a printed guide to the funeral ceremony or service. The booklet often contains details of the deceased with a photo on the front. The inside pages have the funeral service outline and a poem, prayer, or hymn. The back page may have details of the wake, more pictures, the funeral service date, location and so on.