Sketch for a Falling Demolition Ball is a series of site-specific drawings examining space, plans and failure, putting into question scale, perception, form and gesture.
'Sketch for a Demolition Ball I & III' form the premise for animations made directly on the wall. Starting as paired back geometric drawings in paint and charcoal, they are transformed through a performance into textured charcoal smudges that move as the demolition balls are animated to drop and fall and stacked architectural forms are removed from the charcoal covered background with an eraser.
'Sketch for a Demolition Ball II' is static in its form tracing the motion of the demolition ball as a freeze frame action in the space, whilst 'Sketch for a Demolition Ball IV' was a durational 9 hour live performance drawing at the White Moose, Devon, UK.
1.'Sketch for Falling Demolition Ball III'. Paint and charcoal on wall. 420 x 350cm. Site specific work and animation at Griffin Gallery, London, 2014. Installation shots at Griffin Gallery include works: Proposition No.2 and Proposition No.5, pencil and gouache on lithograph.
2. 'Sketch for Falling Demolition Ball I'. Animation in paint and charcoal on wall. 240 x 200cm. Site specific work and animation at Loopart, London, 2013.
