PROXY: MA Sculpture Royal College of Art at Cromwell Place Gallery London
RCA2021 Show
Research for this installation:
A residency at Stand Point Gallery London in 2021
Interviews with 50+ people who shared their body disruptions
My work was selected for Silent Stories, an international show that rejoices in the under represented. Silence was a defining factor as silence halts the mending of our body as discussed by Bessel Van Der Kolk in his book The Body Keeps the Score. I reached out on social media to ask people to share how their skin had been disrupted and was overwhelmed with the response. Accidents, tattoos, surgery. blood given to help others and the cutting of the umbilical cord that unites us all.
RCA2021 Show
Research for this installation:
A residency at Stand Point Gallery London in 2021
Interviews with 50+ people who shared their body disruptions
My work was selected for Silent Stories, an international show that rejoices in the under represented. Silence was a defining factor as silence halts the mending of our body as discussed by Bessel Van Der Kolk in his book The Body Keeps the Score. I reached out on social media to ask people to share how their skin had been disrupted and was overwhelmed with the response. Accidents, tattoos, surgery. blood given to help others and the cutting of the umbilical cord that unites us all.
Recipe for Disruption
Chef, Jenna Fox
Serve with empathy or “a right telling off”
This is s Springtime recipe for the more culinary adept.
Ingredients
1 x large garden with uneven crazy paving at the end of a cul-de-sac
1 x garden swing and rose bushes
A smattering of garden obstacles
1 x small boy wearing long trousers
1 x chain smoking elderly neighbour
2 x blankets
1 x tub of Hydrophilic polymer and potassium ferrate (commonly known as wound powder)
1 x first aid kit
2 x cups of sweet tea
1 x injection of Lignocaine
1 x Telling off (various alternatives are available)
Utensils
1 x small bike
Roll of black thread
Curved needle
Selection of bandages
Timings
Preparation - Ten minutes to warm up child by vigorously cycling up and down the road
10 seconds for the accident
2 hours resting at the neighbours
3 hours sitting time at the hospital
10 days recovery
14 days after making stitch removal
Forever, the scars
Forever, a story to tell
Method
STEP 1 - Heat the child vigorously by cycling around the cul-de-sac until a rosy pink colour. Add a dash of adrenalin and fearlessness. Cycle fast through the gate and bounce over the step. Use corrective leg motions and brakes as required. Tip in fool hardy speed. Add a sprinkle of random garden objects.
STEP 2 - Hit the uneven paving at speed. Separate the child from the bike. Add pain and ripped jeans. Add copious amounts of blood. Dust with tears and fear.
STEP 3 – Raise the child to mix with the chain smoking, old next-door neighbour. Place on a chair and inspect the bake. Add copious amounts of wound powder. Add two cups of sweet tea and a blanket. Wait for two hours until set then transfer to hospital.
STEP 4 – At the hospital inspect and inject with pain relief. Remove unattached skin, Sew the parts together. Bandage and serve.
Serve with
Tenderness and be careful with the bake for the next 10 days as the bake may be fragile.
Notes
This recipe cannot be pre baked and has to be made on the day.
Chef, Jenna Fox
Serve with empathy or “a right telling off”
This is s Springtime recipe for the more culinary adept.
Ingredients
1 x large garden with uneven crazy paving at the end of a cul-de-sac
1 x garden swing and rose bushes
A smattering of garden obstacles
1 x small boy wearing long trousers
1 x chain smoking elderly neighbour
2 x blankets
1 x tub of Hydrophilic polymer and potassium ferrate (commonly known as wound powder)
1 x first aid kit
2 x cups of sweet tea
1 x injection of Lignocaine
1 x Telling off (various alternatives are available)
Utensils
1 x small bike
Roll of black thread
Curved needle
Selection of bandages
Timings
Preparation - Ten minutes to warm up child by vigorously cycling up and down the road
10 seconds for the accident
2 hours resting at the neighbours
3 hours sitting time at the hospital
10 days recovery
14 days after making stitch removal
Forever, the scars
Forever, a story to tell
Method
STEP 1 - Heat the child vigorously by cycling around the cul-de-sac until a rosy pink colour. Add a dash of adrenalin and fearlessness. Cycle fast through the gate and bounce over the step. Use corrective leg motions and brakes as required. Tip in fool hardy speed. Add a sprinkle of random garden objects.
STEP 2 - Hit the uneven paving at speed. Separate the child from the bike. Add pain and ripped jeans. Add copious amounts of blood. Dust with tears and fear.
STEP 3 – Raise the child to mix with the chain smoking, old next-door neighbour. Place on a chair and inspect the bake. Add copious amounts of wound powder. Add two cups of sweet tea and a blanket. Wait for two hours until set then transfer to hospital.
STEP 4 – At the hospital inspect and inject with pain relief. Remove unattached skin, Sew the parts together. Bandage and serve.
Serve with
Tenderness and be careful with the bake for the next 10 days as the bake may be fragile.
Notes
This recipe cannot be pre baked and has to be made on the day.