DUST

1980mm x 540mm

Dust explores metamorphosis and the transmogrification of authoritative systems across historical epochs, serving as a reminder of the contingent nature of power.

Three intact safety vests are transformed by being inverted, their edges folded and rolled without being cut, and then stitched into a new form. They’re dusted with the same ancient goethite golden ochre found on the shrouds excavated from the deeply buried material remains of the ‘Midas Mound’ tomb in Phrygia; and perfumed with luxurious, animalic oudh also known as ‘liquid gold’ the sillage of which changes and slides along the hedonic scale of odour experience.