About the exhibition

Residency information

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
Collages and Drawings

Finding my way in Shanghai.
Online blog

"a remarkable architecture of stairs"
Video (work in progress)

Traces
Limited edition catalogue of works 2010-2012.

On arriving at Pudong Airport, the first thing that struck me was a series of metal disks embedded into the floor with two contra-directional arrows, one of them lit green, pointing my way to the exit.  This feeling of being guided through the city stayed with me throughout my stay; where I should queue to get on to the metro; which way to go to interchange trains; how do I get out; which way is home?

Responding to this I decided to collect photographs of these arrows, loading them onto an online blog - a vital way of feeling connected to people whilst far from home, and providing a snapshot of the feelings of orientation and disorientation within this megalopolis.  The photographs offer glimpses of the city and it's surroundings, but thwart the viewer's attempt to understand the city, by cutting much of the context out of the frame.

Visit the blog here