Moral Injury [High North] 2022

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Gold parachute ripstop

Production Photographs: Sculpture / Performance

North of Spitsbergen June 2022

Moral Injury [Arctic] 2022 Film

Sentinel looking South from the High North

Brings closure to a project that began in 2020 with a trip to The British Museum. I went to research Inuit clothing that I could make and wear during an expedition to the Arctic later that Summer. The following day the UK locked down due to Covid 19.

The Artwork is worn by a sentinel with a gold standard looking South its position in the high North on a fragment of the breaking Polar ice cap.

The pattern is based on Flora Nanuk’s ‘Seal-Gut Parka’ 1980 in the British Museum’s collection. It evolved through lockdown… most obviously through the masking of the face and the appropriation of the gold ripstop fabric I originally intended for the sculpture ‘Deadhouse’s ballon envelope.

The project would not have been possible without the

gracious support and talents of the Artists:-

Sarah Gerats [Guide + Expedition Leader ]

Leander Mienardus Knust [video/photography]

Alexander Heilner [stills/photography]

also the skill, enthusiasm and professionalism of :-

Jasper [RIB Helmsman]

Jonathan [Barquentine Captain]

Matu [Barquentine Crew]

Tom [Barquentine Crew]

Marius [Polar Bear Protection]

Terhi [Polar Bear Protection]

Sanna [Polar Bear Protection]

The Arctic Circle Science + Arts Expedition

Aaron O’Connor Founding Director

Eternal thanks

also in series:

i - Canvas Pattern Inuit ‘Sealgut’ Parker

Cotton Canvas, Thread, marker pen

ii - Gold Inuit ‘Sealgut’ Parker [XL]

Gold parachute ripstop

iii Thia Fishermans Pants [XL]

printed drawing on cotton drill, felt


iv - modified Inuit Parker ‘Sealgut’ scrubs [XL]

Bright Blue Cotton Drill

v - prototype NHS patern scrubs [XL]

Bright Blue Cotton Drill, Printed flag fabric, webbing


vi Bag sent to NHS Scrubs [XL]


2x Set of Scrubs and Laundry Bag

Líf + Lífþrasir

2021

H 120cms x W 240cms x D20cms @ 16kg

production documentation:- Líf + Lífþrasir crossing the horizon dividing the dying Cretaceous world and the reborn Paleogene.

Love Island Double Heart Inflatable, Military grade survival equipment fabric,

fasteners, cords, bespoke mini signal flags, survival knife, water reservoir, Rock Sequence Paleogene Mass Extinction,

the complete works of William Shakespeare, the Bible and Luxury item,

In cyclical Norse mythology whilst ‘Ask + Embla’ were the first two humans, created by the gods. ‘Líf + Lífþrasir’ were the only two humans designated as sole human survivors after Ragnarok, the battle at the end of the world.

The Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary / K–Pg Mass Extinction Horizon

66 million years ago a 10-15 mile wide asteroid hit the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico at Chicxulub. The resultant shock waves, tsunami and ejected vaporised seafloor and impactor caused immediate and long term effects on the climate and food chain. This was the most recent and most rapid of the big five mass extinctions. The consequential impact winter exterminated 70% of all life on earth notoriously including the dinosaurs except for birds.

Iridium anomaly

Iridium is a dense metal common to earth, however due to its mass it sank to the planets core whilst our world was in a primordial state and still molten. The rare Iridium we find in the earths crust today has all been delivered by asteroids, meteoroids and comets. It is frequently used by industry in spark-plugs, pen nibs and scientific equipment due to its high melting point and corrosion resistance. Ironically finding its way back into space via the spacecraft Voyager, Viking, Pioneer, Cassini, Galileo and New Horizons. In the aftermath of the Chicxulub impact and thin layer of the meteorite’s iridium settled on the earths surface across the globe. This strata of more common than usual iridium is an anomaly that clearly identifies across the globe the geological moment of mass extinction. It is particularly prominent in the clay cliffs of Stevns Klint in Denmark in what was a calm and shallow sea.

‘DeadHouse’ [ High Arctic ]

2022

Variable Dimensions 8m x 4m x 4m inflated.

Aircrew liferaft, canvas, wool felt, canvas, rock sample ballast, air balloon, climbing rope, pulleys, anchors, clips. 4 stroke leaf blower, barquentine sailing ship.

‘Deadhouse’ is a sculpture in the guise of a High Arctic expedition to cross ‘The Great Dying’ geological horizon. It takes the form of a modified pilot’s life-raft suspended from an air balloon designed to cross the 251 million year old line of mass extinction exposed in the sea cliffs of Spitsbergen. The equipment endeavouring to provide escape from the dying Permian world into reborn Triassic world… This biotic crisis was the worst of 5 mass extinctions that killed off 90% of life on earth. Perhaps nodding to the vulnerability of species this artwork was postponed twice due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

Deadhouse:- is a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. They were common before the mid-20th century in Northern climates where in the winter frozen ground made grave excavation difficult or impossible.

‘DeadHouse’ [ Porth Clais Test Flight ]

2021

Variable Dimensions 8m x 4m x 4m inflated.

Aircrew liferaft, canvas, wool fest, canvas, rock sample ballast, air balloon, climbing rope, pulleys, anchors & clips

‘Deadhouse’ is a sculpture and air ballon survival equipment designed to cross the geological mass extinction line exposed in a sea cliff on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The rock strata divides the Permian & Triassic worlds marking the ‘Great Dying’, Earths most severe Biotic Crisis, when life on Earth nearly came to an end. The sculpture will rise up and cross this 251 million year old line marking the death of 90 percent of the planet's species. The expedition has been postponed twice due to the Covid 19 pandemic and is now scheduled for June 2021.

‘DeadHouse’ [ Porth Clais Test Flight ] was an exercise in preparation for the Arctic trip. In steep contrast to the geological end of days [The Great Dying ] ‘Deadhouse’ is designed for, the ‘Test Flight’ was conducted at the beginning of significant life [The Cambrian Explosion].

The geological beds at Lech Cyllyll (Slab of Knives) Porth Clais Pembrokeshire, Wales are the first beds laid down in the Cambrian period 541 million years ago. The scientific name for this geological period is named after the Roman name for Wales [Cambria]. Originally lying horizontally as sediment in an ocean near the edge of the ancient continent Gondwana at the South Pole. They have been deformed my mountain building tectonic clashed with other continents that also created the mountains of the Svalbard. These rock beds are evidence of the rapid diversification of life forms that represent life on Earth, christened by geologists as the Cambrian Explosion.

The period from the Earth’s creation up until the Cambrian is known as the Precambrian and accounts for 88% of all Earth's geologic time.

'Life Net'

2021

Steel, Rip-Stop fabric, canvas, elastic, cord, webbing, pins, foam, eyelets.

180cms x 352cms x 15cms

Based on survival equipment deployed by fire crews to rescue people leaping from burning buildings. Life Net is printed with all the Conditions, Disorders and Problems our species recognises. Each condition is printed in alphabetical order as listed in the ‘Psychiatrists Bible’ DSM-5. and destined to be absent from any future rock record.

The sculpture rests against cliffs formed from the skeletal remains of life forms laid down 89 million years ago, prior to the last great Mass Extinction in deep oceans far from land, now settled by angry Gulls on Seaford Head, England

Sculpture:

‘Sabrina’

2019

Canvas, inflatable swan, wendy house, para cord, Navigation lights, drawing printed on silk,

181cm (L)x 189cm(w)x170cm(h)

Sculpture registered on the British Ship Registry - Number SSR173593

Installation: Production Still

‘Sabrina’ [The Lost island Sabrina, near São Miguel, Azores]

2019

MORAL INJURY

‘Moral Injury’

2020 [Covid 19 lockdown artwork ongoing]


Conceptualised as Moral Distress in the 1980’s with regard to healthcare professionals, the study soon turned its attention to combat veterans and redefined the condition as 'Moral Injury’ . It emphasizes the psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of trauma, especially with regard to soldiers who have witnessed or perpetrated an act in combat that transgresses their deeply held moral beliefs and expectations. Covid 19 has shone a light on our species, revealing just how far and how little we have come.

This series of work is a 'work in progress’ starting with the last exhibition I saw before lock down at The British Museum. I was looking for inspiration to make some clothing for a sailing trip in the Arctic on an Art+Science residency in June 2020. Needless to say lockdown postponed the expedition till June 2022, so it is still a going concern…. failing to get tickets for the last day of the Troy exhibition I still found what I was looking for; a beautiful ‘Seal-Gut Parka’ made by Inuit Flora Nanuk in the 1980’s to pick berries. The lockdown also severed by primary source of income and social interaton, which was creating the scenery for photoshoots. An artists life is typically a solitary pursuit and besides the economic stress, home-schooling, drinking vast amounts of tequila and listening to the most depressing news-cycle ever broadcast lockdown was business as ususal, even a welcome period of production and reflection. But as a loner, working with a crew on a photoshoots gives me the sense of belonging and the teamspirit I nead to contrast with my isolation and which I miss so much from my former military carear.

This was my starting point.

Cotton Canvas, Thread

i - Canvas Pattern Inuit Parker

Gold parachute ripstop, printed drawing on cotton drill, felt
i - Gold Inuit Parker [XL]

ii - Canvas + Felt Thia Fishermans Pants

Bag sent to NHS [XL]
Bright Blue Cotton Drill, Printed flag fabric, webbing
i - prototype NHS patern scrubs [XL]
ii - Set of Scrubs and Laundery Bag sent to NHS [XL]
iii - Set of Scrubs and Laundery Bag sent to NHS [XL]
iv - modified scrubs sealgut parker [XL]

2017

243cms x 50cms x 40cms

Canvas, cord, ceremonial tunic [Fleet Air Arm pilot] cotton webbing, steel, fasteners, flag pole.

‘Cihuateteo’
2020 [2007]
Kevla, cast form of pregnant woman [eight months with Twins], United Nations Uniform cotton drill & badge, metal fastenings, webbing, foam, cotton thread.

70cms x 45cms x 48cms

Images of Bomb Disposal Equipment for a 8 month pregnant woman with and with out United Nations Blue uniform cover

The Cihuateteo “Divine Women” Were the Aztec spirits of human women who died in childbirth, which was considered a form of battle, and its victims were honoured as fallen warriors.

2016

84 cms x 95 cms x 12 cms

Canvas, printed canvas, inflatable lining, volcanic rock ballast from Stromboli

Subduction Buoy [Production Still]

Sculpture installed floating above fault line where the African tectonic plate is subducted under the Eurasian plate at Stromboli in Tyrrhenian Sea

2016

87 cms x 95 cms x 12 cms

Canvas, Signal flags, printed canvas, wood, brass flag pole fittings

The First And Last [Production Still]

Sculpture installed on summit of Mt. Vulcano in Tyrrhenian Sea

PATCH

Sculpture:

‘Patch’

2020

Rifle Case (Peli), 1917 War Department Union Flag, White Cotton thread,

1366mm x 419mm x 170mm

Sculpture:

‘Crossing the T’

2019

Rifle Case (Peli), Royal Navy Battle Ensign, nylon mesh, para cord.

1366mm x 419mm x170mm

Installation: Production Still

‘Crossing the T’ [Cape Trafalgar, of Los Caños de Meca]

2019

Royal Navy Battle Ensign

11’ 6” x 5’ 6” variable

2015
243cms x 50cms x 40cms

Canvas, para-cord, ceremonial tunic [Princess of Wales Own Regiment Circa 1800] cotton webbing, steel, fasteners, flag pole.

‘Erebus’ [Germs of Empire]
2017
150 x 100 x 10 cms
Canvas (printed with artwork 'Germs of Empire' drawing), birch wood, steel, rope, silicone. Pattern appropriated from Neil Robertson canvas stretcher [ designed for difficult rescue situations when a casualty requires lowering or lifting through small access hatches and compact spaces, construction possible with materials commonly found on ships ].

‘Interloper’ [Germs of Empire]
2018
210 x 56 x 20cms
Canvas printed with ‘Germs of Empire’, surf board (a beloved one!!)

‘Terror’ [Germs of Empire]
2017
170 x 55 x 30cms
Canvas printed with ‘Germs of Empire’ Military Asnes Telemark Skis, Poles and Litter kit.

Ginnungagap
2014
1056 x 700 mm

C-Type Mounted on Aluminium

Performance / manoeuvre image: Voyage across the Triassic/Jurassic mass extinction horizon

327cms x 370cms x 121cms

Aircrew liferaft, wood, steel, canvas, bitumen, ripstop, nylon, Seagull engine, tape, polystyrene, polyurethane, copper and rock ballast /samples collected onsite (St.Audries Bay, Somerset, UK ) on the execution of its voyage across the Triassic/Jurassic mass extinction horizon.

Sculpture registered on the British Ship Registry - Number SSR159875

#Ginnungagap is the vast, primordial void where creation begins. It is also the dark abyss in which the world collapses at its end, during Ragnarök [Doom of the Gods]. These Norse beliefs are cyclical, for out of this destruction, this Ginnungagap, the cosmos is subsequently reborn. A cycle mirrored in the phases of living things, the moon, the seasons, night and day, and the flourishing of life after mass extinctions.

 Ginnungagap   [sculpture - exhibition installation photos: Andrew Meredith] 2014

2014

1056 x 700mm

C-Type Mounted on Aluminium

Performance / manoeuvre images: Voyage in Icelandic Waters

Skíðblaðnir

2014

120cms x 33cms x 18cms [closed] 120cms x 16cms x 150cms [open]

canvas drawings, ripstop canvas, steel, rope, eyelets

Sculpture registered on the British Ship Registry - Number SSR156722

 #Skíðblaðnir is the best of ships in Norse mythology, it was owned by the god Freyr and attributed to the magic of Odin. Skíðblaðnir is the finest ship and the most ingeniously created, when not neededit had the ability to be folded up—as cloth may be—and stowed into one's pocket.

2014

1056 x 700 mm

C-Type Mounted on Aluminium

Expedition to distill  Cider made from the fruit of The Fall using thermo - volcanic heat at the Gates of Hell, Mount Hekla Iceland. [see artwork 'Diaspora' 2008 for the source of the forbidden Fruit cider]

Moonshine Suit

2014

1980mm x 305mm x 305mm

Bespoke heat resistant personal volcanic thermo-distillation equipment,

Black Knight Squared Away

2008

174cms x 70cms x 51cms

ceremonial uniform [Grenadier Guards] steel, glass, canvas, fastenings & cord

2016

75 x 100 x 75 cms

Discarded bones from salt beef & salt pork production at the Royal Navy's primary Victualling Yard Deptford London 1513-1961, recovered from River Thames & marked with warship names in Indian Ink on paraloid B72. composite armature, cord.

2015

40cms x 40cms x 190cms

Ceremonial uniform [Coldstream Guards Drummer], steel, canvas, fastenings & cord

2007

 86cms x 100cms x 264cms

Polyester canvas, wood, steel acrylic, aqua-lung apparatus:

Performance / manoeuvre cave dive in White Lady Hole , South Wales

Maiden Voyage 2007 Film

Theatre (Shouting with a Little Stick)

2011

275cms x 150cms x 150cms

Kevlar, carbon fibre, aluminium, steel, wood, limestone, 'guards tunic' wool felt, polyester canvas, nylon

Performance / ManoeuvreImages - Install afloat on a sink hole Brecon Beacons

Exhibition Images : Installed & Flyposters

Tournament of the Dirty Nurse

2006

300 x 300 x 220cms

steel, canvas, coir rope, wood

Performance / manoeuvre images:

#Installed on a peak in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales.

#AirLifted by Seaking Mk4 Commando Helicopter during Military excercise.

#Installed in the Former Sierra Leone Embassy London.

# Installed in 846 Commando Helicopter Squadron 's Hanger

'I have wallowed, I have washed--the world
Is flesh and shadow--I have had my day.
The dirty nurse, Experience, in her kind
Hath fouled me'

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, The Last Tournament

Yeehaa

2009 [1945]

313cms x 358cms x 40cms

US GI's burial flag - steel, plywood fastenings webbing & cord linseed oil:

Photo (complete sculpture) : Jason Joyce

NOK letter

1945

A5

Reverse of letter posted with burial flag to Next of Kin, stained by the stars of the flag

Omm Papa [ii]

2009

130cms x 130cms x 112cms

wood, steel, linseed oil lead, Herculite, scrim & uniform horse hair plume

Blood Sweat & Freckles

2007

530cms x 320cms x12cms

steel, plywood, White Ensign -Battle Ensign.

Apotheosis of a Tar

2010

160cms x 90cms x 50cms

pvc. canvas, wood, tar, polyurethane, para cord, canvas: 

Performance / Manoeuvre - sea trials Portland, UK

Sculpture registered on the British Ship Registry - Number SSR152832

Ice Sculpture 1h

2013

200cms x 200cms

Polystyrene fibre glass

Sculptural installation in Brecon Beacons glacial valley - proposal for a larger scale blimp installation

Diaspora

2008

1 litre cider (edition)

Malus Seversii apple cider, peli-case, 1 litre scientific grade flask

Malus Seversii apples - hand picked, pressed and fermented by the artist in bespoke equipment. The apples are the genetic father of all apples and grow wild in the foothills of the Tien Shan mountains Kazakhstan.

The apples were harvested in the proximity of Semipalatinsk Test Site (Semipalatinsk-21 / "The Polygon") marked by a black panel on the map. This site was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. The two isotopes [Caesium-137 & Strontium-90]  identified along with Malus Seversii on the Diaspora bottle label are not found naturally. They are only released through nuclear fission and contaminate all living things through absorption. 

Performance / manoeuvre images apple harvesting East Kazakhstan.

Performance / manoeuvre cider making with Malus Seversii apples in bespoke equipment Bow East London.

Diaspora 2008 Press

Diaspora 2008 Briefing Map

Diaspora 2008 Fridge full of cider

2017
132 x 48cms
Print Edition

&

Component  ink on draft film drawings

Blueprint Bedlam2004   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint BKSA     2008   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint BSAF      2007   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint CTL        2008   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint HFYDC   2007   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint MV         2007   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint SRR        2007   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint Yeehaa    2008   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint G              2016   594 x 841 mmDyeline-transfer,edition 10+2AP

Blueprint TOTDN BB   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint TOTDN LON 2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint TOTDNMF   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint Monogenesis 1   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint Monogenesis 2   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint Monogenesis 3   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint Monogenesis 4   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Blueprint Monogenesis 5   2007   594 x 841 mm ink on polydraft

Square Rig Restraint

2007

174cms x 70cms x 51cms

RN tunic, canvas fastenings, cord, steel, glass

Photos: Jason Joyce

Bride

2010

180cms x70cms x130cms

canvas, para-cord, felt, ceremonial tunic (Royal Horse Artillery), red 'guardsman uniform' wool baize.

Crossing the Line

2007

174cms x 70cms x 51cms

ceremonial uniform, steel, glass, canvas, fastenings & cord

Fears in Solitude

2004

850mm x 136mm

Posted lead postcards of concrete 'sand castles' text Colleridge

Locus Amoenus Fault [ Vaynor ]

2013

70cms x 60cms x 60cms (in case)

herculite, model materials, pelicase

Installation photo:- Gorge in Vaynor Brecon Beacons, S.W. Wales

locus amoenus:- A is usually a beautiful, shady lawn or open woodland, or a group of idyllic islands, sometimes with connotations of Eden

A formulaic concept of an idealised earthly paradise, often with three elements trees / grass / water andremote place it might function as a landscape of the mind

Locus Amoenus Device [ airborne ]

2013

20cms x 12cms x variable

herculite, model materials, plastic vaginal speculumn, fibreglass, para cord, ripstop fabric, camera, canvas, anchors

Locus Amoenus Device [ subterranean ]

2013

variable

model materials, plastic vaginal speculumns

Locus Amoenus Device [ molecular/alchol ]

2013

variable

model materials, plastic vaginal speculumns

locus amoenus:- A is usually a beautiful, shady lawn or open woodland, or a group of idyllic islands, sometimes with connotations of Eden

A formulaic concept of an idealised earthly paradise, often with three elements trees / grass / water andremote place it might function as a landscape of the mind

Mociuaquetzque

2005

110 cms: x132 cms: x 69 cms

Kevla, canvas, lead, plastic, wood & steel, cast form of 8 month pregnant woman

mociuaquetzque :- women who died in child birth, in Aztec culture these women were equated to the fallen warrior on a battle field. Their spirits [Cihuateteoh / Divine Women] were much feared and accompany the sun as it sets in the west.

In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo /siːˌwɑːtᵻˈteɪoʊ/ (Classical Nahuatl: Cihuātēteoh[pronunciation?] "Divine Women", singular Classical Nahuatl: Cihuātēotl) were the spirits of human women who died in childbirth (mociuaquetzque). Childbirth was considered a form of battle, and its victims were honored as fallen warriors.

Omm Papa [i]

2009

120cms x 80cms x 196cms

Herculite, canvas, steel, linseed oil, wood & nails

Clipper Maid of the Seas

2011

Fabric dimensions 747 x 103 Pole height 180cms

flag weave polyester, canvas,wood toggle, flagpole

The expression “The Whole Nine Yards” comes from the fact that a large man’s kilt is made of a nine-yard long piece of tartan material. This kilt is made from a Libyan flag to the dimensions of the Boeing 747, PanAm flight 103 named 'Clipper Maid of the Seas' which was blown up over Lockerbie on 21 Dec 1988

Mysin

2005

45cms x 30cms x 2cms

lead, porcelain.

The title references Meißen / Meissen porcelain whilst the map relief is the area of Dresden destroyed in WW2 by 4 Anglo/American bombing raids.

Plate Rack

2005

50 x 55 x 28cms

Lead, canvas, wood, rope, steel, leather 

The title references its sister sculpture 'Mysin' also the main bombing raid on `dresden by Anglo/American aircraft in WW2 / christened Operation Plate Rack

Branded

2003

120cms x 45cms x 45cms

Branding iron - bronze, steel, wood

Branding

2003

Performance ;  C-Type print

Hanging From Your Daisy Chain

2007

190cms x 120cms x 120cms

canvas, childrens climbing frame, cord, military ceremonial uniform red baize

Male Bag

2008

45cms x 45cms variable

canvas , lead,

‘Sucking Chest Wound’

2009

140cms x 140cms x 42cms

ceremonial uniform [Blues & Royals], lead, canvas, nails

Trinity

2002

130cmsx130cms x 200cms

Projector, steel, Canvas, Trinity House Slide Archive

Installation on the River Thames @ Trinity Buoy Wharf

Water Carrier

2003

variable

Lead, rope, Plastic

Installation on the River Thames

Fat Bitch

2003

175cms x175cms x 185cms

Beef fat, zinc, plastic,wood

Fat Boot

2002

13cms x 30cms x 32cms

Beef Fat (freezer conditioning)

Fat Sculpture No 4 (wall mounted & freestanding)

2003

variable

Beef Fat , fridge mechanism, leather, forceps

Sand Pillbox

2004

190cms x210cms x 320cms

sand, wood, wing nuts & bolts, canvas

Boyscouts Out of Horses Hooves

2006

50cms x 85cms x 25cms

Lead. canvas, cord sisal

Faith Hope & Charity

2011

100cms x 25cms x 90cms

lead, wood, ceremonial uniform wool baize, clips , pin board.

Bedlam

2004

185cms x 60cms x 50cms

Grenadier Guardsman's tunic, canvas, webbing, d-rings, eyelets

Cerebral Defense

2002

30cms x 30cms x 15cms

foam board, paint , filler

Heir Shirt

2004

160cms x 50cms x 30cms

WWII German Military Tunic, paper,  human hair, hanger, steal, concrete

Monogenesis [ work in progress ]

2011

variable

Steel, case, jack, canvas, pvc canvas, dyeline transfer drawings,

Selected Drawings

During the Great War the First Sea Lord complained that submarines were "underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English” and that submariners should be hung as pirates!!!! With that in in true naval fashion the boats started flying The Jolly Roger as they returned to port, home made and marked up with symbol illustrating their operational achievements.

“Operation Holocene”

Flag weave polyester, canvas, Engerfield Clips, cotton thread

150cms x 110cms tbc.

Flying the flag for our species, and the global extinction of large animals coinciding with our migration into different continents as the ice caps receded. sic. Late Quaternary megafauna extinction, Holocene Extinction. Featuring

Smilodon Fatalis - N.Ameican saber-tooth tiger

Equus hemionus hydruntinus - European Wild Ass

Sahul [Austrailia]- Genyornis - bird

Japanese Sea Lion

Glyptodon - Armadillo

North Asian Woolly Mammoth

Giant Slooth Lemur Archaeoindris fontoynonti ....... Babakotia radofilai, Palaeontology

Palaeopropithecidae

“There Is Nothing Intelligent To Say About A Massacre”

Flag weave polyester, canvas, Engerfield Clips,

88cms x 166cms

Flag marks the cull up of 17 million mink / ferrets in Denmark during the corona pandemic. The Title comes from quote by Kurt Vonnegut in ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’

“A Fool Has Paradise”

Flag weave polyester, canvas, Engerfield Clips, Royal Navy signal flag [Negative], cotton thread

150cms x 110cms

Flag marks 2020, Title derived from a Thomas Fuller Quote and

“Don’t Care Bear”

Flag weave polyester, canvas, Engerfield Clips,

150cms x 110cms tbc.