The idea for this installation began with a conversation I once had with my mother about the creation of man and her beliefs in Adam and Eve. I began first to imagine Adam and Eve at the tree of knowledge and that Adam had shot Eve. An impossible scenario but I imagined the people and the objects accumulating through time. Random objects in a random place at a random time. A tree, a hotel room, an open window like a paper back pulp fiction novel but one which can never be solved.
The window open and the curtains blowing symbolize the parting of a spirit.The tree signifies the cyclical momentum of life and death and the chalked out figure presents the immediate physical ‘hollow’ left after the passing of a loved one.
The installation was the central piece in the exhibition that consisted mainly of drawings.The show was a homage to the pulp fiction writers like Raymond Chandler and the classic black and white film noir movies of the forties and early fifties, like 39 steps,The maltese falcon and the Third man.Although the theme was heavy in a sense I wanted the show to be a celebration and because it was halloween it was fancy dress;)
The window open and the curtains blowing symbolize the parting of a spirit.The tree signifies the cyclical momentum of life and death and the chalked out figure presents the immediate physical ‘hollow’ left after the passing of a loved one.
The installation was the central piece in the exhibition that consisted mainly of drawings.The show was a homage to the pulp fiction writers like Raymond Chandler and the classic black and white film noir movies of the forties and early fifties, like 39 steps,The maltese falcon and the Third man.Although the theme was heavy in a sense I wanted the show to be a celebration and because it was halloween it was fancy dress;)
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