The term ‘Entropy’ (brought up here by tutor Mike from Canterbury UCA in a discussion about artist Robert Smithson and land art) seems to encompass many ideas about processes of decay… it’s a word that’s inspired much discussion here amongst the students and has made me consider the elements of decay I’m trying to relay through the work I make… I’ve always tried to make pieces that say something about the place where they come from… and the walls of places for me - tell stories; of history and the passage of time; human gesture; and nature… and this is part of what I will try to translate: creating a reflection of the Cyprus walls that I photograph, and the irreversible processes of decay inflicted upon the facades and exteriors of buildings and city streets… The textures, colours and details I can record in photographs are a constant inspiration… the level of development here, and remnants of history remaining in the in-between and left-alone spaces mean you are constantly exposed to crumbling layered decay… these walls have a special kind of beauty I think… just like the walls of Birmingham, or New York, or anywhere… but entirely specific to this place…
I'm trying to recreate works on paper that reflect this... the photo above shows some experiments I've been doing to create papers to work on... the photos below show sunlit walls of Cyprus...
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