Detail, SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks. Found object. Antique hardwood decoy duck covered in 23 ct gold leaf; 3500 razorblades. Razorblades used in Performance FLOCK/ MIRAGE, Held as part of ‘Polyply 9: Animal’, 14 April 2011, Center for Creative Collaboration, London, England
Detail, SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks. Found object. Antique hardwood/cork decoy duck covered in 23 ct gold leaf. Approximately 60 duck calling whistles made from Winchester rifle12 bore brass bullet cartridges. Whistles used in Video, SHELLSHOCK 2010, Kentish Town, London, England
SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Modified found object, dimensions variable. Antique hardwood decoy duck covered in 23 ct gold leaf. 100 razorblades engraved with text and set into the body of the decoy. Object used in Performance, DECOY, Performance held as part of ‘Tables of thought’ exhibition and seminar organized by the European Arts and Research Network and hosted by the Finish Academy of Arts 28-29 April 2010, Finland, Helsinki
SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Modified found object, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks. Antique hardwood decoy duck, cut into various sections and partially covered in 23 ct gold leaf
Detail, SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks. Found object. Antique hardwood decoy duck, hand cut round shisha mirrors, covered in 23 ct gold leaf.
Detail, SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified
vintage decoy ducks. Found object. Antique hardwood decoy duck, rabbit bones, polyurethane foam, 23 ct gold leaf
Detail, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks Antique hardwood decoy duck, 23 ct gold leaf, 100 word poem letter-punched into the body. Object used in Performance, FLOCK/ MIRAGE, Held as part of ‘Polyply 9: Animal’. Center for Creative Collaboration, London, England
Detail, SONGBIRDS/ DECOY 2010-2012, Installation, dimensions variable. Site-specific wall installation of eleven modified vintage decoy ducks. Found object. Antique hardwood decoy duck broken into pieces, 23ct gold leaf, used instrument strings (guitar) 15watt speaker.
Speaker used in Performances: i) PHANTOM LIMB, Held at UCL 22 March 2010 and
ii) DECOY, Held as part of ‘Tables of thought’ exhibition and seminar organised by the European Arts and Research Network and hosted by the Finish Academy of Arts 28-29 April 2010, Finland, Helsinki and iii) HOST II, Held at the Anatomy Museum, Royal Veterinary College London, England
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