Scratch 5041: Brighton Road, Worthing - Apology (2) - Limited Edition of 10 Print

This body of photographs (2012-2017) examines and documents found glass surfaces in various locations between London and Sussex, usually street furniture such as phone boxes and bus shelters. Over time, various narratives emerge on these surfaces, combining natural marks (detritus, moisture, weathering) with deliberate interventions (scratching, scoring, depositing, smearing, sticking). Gradually, new elements arrive and coexist - often briefly - leaving an echo of what each space has witnessed. It is rarely clear how or why they emerged, but these raw, ambiguous, layered ghosts reveal a very particular calligraphy and trigger a sense of forensic curiosity. Whilst usually the residues of illegal acts of vandalism, touching traces of 'being human' can sometimes be found: a cathartic or intimate declaration, a personal message, an affection, a proposition, a confession, a playful moment; (or by contrast) an expression of loss or jealousy, a violent outburst, a retraction, a corrosive attack with fire or acid, an abrasion, an incoherent gesture akin to primal automatism. Elsewhere, chance and accident offer unintended juxtapositions, interpretations and potential narratives. These fragments are framed within atmospheric glimpses of their environments and contexts. Other than subtle adjustments in post-production, this work involves no intervention or manipulation (on location or subsequently). It seeks to direct our attention to the corners and recesses of our immediate environments, to amplify the overlooked and to celebrate the richness found in the banal and the ordinary. It also seeks to explore new ways of looking at landscape.