Cracker Jack

The price quoted is for a limited edition print of 20 size 20cm x 30cm. The artwork was made for the exhibition Dopplarity at Bank Underground station in 2000, The work is a digital print placed in an advertising light box in an area of the station where people change lines. This self portrait of the artist, life size captured in the role of an eccentric fashion victim, by wearing one month's worth of lost property left at Bank Station (to match up with the length of the time the poster would be on display). This process and title is in reference to the title -'Cracker Jack' - children's television programme from the 1970's. The final presentation has a typed list of the items on the left-hand side in order from head to toe. This gives a visual reference to fashion magazines and advertising. On a first glance the work could be a fashion advert, but on closer examination one can see the lost property labels on the items. The game 'cracker jack' is being played with the intended audience's items, thus making a direct involvement with the audience in creating the work.