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Stills from a film installation, 2009





In the 2nd year we were able to choose an elective to study for our dissertation. I chose a course about the sea. Everyone on the course was connected by a romantic love of the sea and for our first lecture our tutor took us to Hastings for fish and chips.

This piece was inspired by my studies. I converted an old spooky lift in my studio into a peep show, like the ones you might find at the end of a pier in the Victorian heyday of the seaside. The images were saturated and the colours bounced off of the lift walls. The sound of water was loud and dominated the corridor, inviting voyeurs to take a peek...