Junk Mail

I frequently visit my 96 year old Aunt's house where she has lived nearly all her life, my previous work Uncanny Home and Hidden Room  are based on my research about ageing in place, care and memory. My Aunt's house has been the subject of this area of my practice. As she ages in place her connection to her things becomes stronger, surrounded by her stuff, piles of paper, junk mail, fabric, bedding, old clothing and detritus as well as many cherished objects, ornaments and soft toys and their accumulation over many years. 

I began making versions of rooms using scale models to create interior spaces based on my Aunt's house which formed the basis of a series of short film pieces examining the concepts of memory and the uncanny. I then took elements from these works notably domestic objects, ornaments, junk mail also using the notion of  hoarding all of which acted as the starting point for a series of sculptural works titled Junk Mail.