Cenotaph

My work this semester has been greatly influenced by some of my favorite books on dystopia which I have recently returned to for inspiration; Orwell’s 1984, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Kafka’s The Trial. I am also working with the idea of ‘burning’ as a metaphor for the duality inherent in the destruction of one reality and creation of another, as well as referencing the history of book burning.

Increasingly I see truths being eroded, manipulated and the endemic deterioration of knowledge and transparency. In my current work I am attempting to create a visual manifestation of this erosion, influenced by my own reactions to and experience with the current wars, and other world events as arbitrated by the media. I am interested in the place of the artist in this world of informed manipulation as another voice to the “real”.


Etching with chine colle, silkscreen and embossing. (which is invisible on here, but you can actually see in the original). 9.5x12.5"

First time working with rosin transfer technique in etching. Cool stuff.