attendant is designed as an ongoing time-based installation, the first element of which (above) was created over a period of six months, aiming to depict a physical representation of the weight, landscape and scale of waiting. I wanted to use the notion of patience as a creative mechanism to document the spaces we inhabit in between thought and action. The repetitive nature illustrates a constant conscious struggle to return to a balanced, meditative state.
This work is made with pens, paper, water and time.
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This work is greatly inspired by Samuel Beckett’s 'En Attendant Godot' (Waiting for Godot), a play that perfectly describes the feeling of being stuck, feeling powerless to change a situation or incapable of making a decision about how to alter a dissatisfying position for fear of choosing the wrong direction.
“Je suis comme ça. Ou j'oublie tout de suite ou je n'oublie jamais."
“Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful.”
ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this.
VLADIMIR: That's what you think.”
- Samuel Beckett, Waiting For Godot.
This work is 2m 60cm x 1m 50cm - artist for scale!
The video below is a small example of the process used to create what has become a work approximately 2metres 60cm wide by 1 metre 50cm tall.