Resting in Place, 2022, installation view
Resting in Place explores how matter stores memory. Using a naval uniform and hessian as a plane for commentary, the artists’ material explorations mimic those of her late fathers. The objects retranslated in ballpoint pen remain in the place they were left, bringing forth a mark of life. An intimate trace of care and trajectory towards healing, a recollection of his speech is hand stitched as a labour of love. As an attempt to articulate a life that the artist was both present for and absent from, the work is woven with ambiguity, in which the objects in focus guide their own recollections.

Resting in Place, 2022, hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread

Resting in Place, 2022, (detail), hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread

Resting in Place, 2022, (detail), hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread

Resting in Place, 2022, (detail), hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread

Resting in Place, 2022, (detail) hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread

Resting in Place, 2022, (detail) hessian, naval uniform, ballpoint pen, cotton thread