Form: Embedded
Material: Composite
Integrity: Substantial
Orientation: Cliff-Face
Vegetation Encroachment: Minimal
Functionality: Redundant
Mobility: Fixed
Signal Presence: None
Temporal Layer: Residual
Surrounding Biome: Coastal
Anomaly Grade: Moderate
Atmospheric Conditions: Clear
Diptych:
Panel 1 - Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Panel 2 - Five stacked 3mm acrylic layers, each giclée print to rear with 3mm gap between layers
Each 48 x 43 cm, waxed oak frame
The layers of the right hand panel here are taken from a collection of personal effects found in a house in Brittany, including an annotated 1920s edition of La Fontaine’s Fables from which the title of the work is taken:
‘The sea promises mountains and marvels
Go ahead, the winds and the thieves will come’