Defend You From Seasons Such as These
Poor naked wretches, where so e’er you are
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,
How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides,
Your looped and windowed raggedness defend you
From seasons such as these? [King Lear]
I started making garments, coats or dresses, empty as though the wearer was there but invisible. I often thought of the wearers as wanderers, escaping from danger.
The garments often had had narratives, in words and drawings, on their outer surface but later they began to acquire the attributes of buildings – stairways, windows and doorways.
My increasing preoccupation with the partly visible inner structures of places of shelter - decayed or damaged, like exposed living quarters - led to the garments becoming more complex structures built from small units like rooms and clad with strips of torn clay; see Current Work: Places of Shelter.
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,
How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides,
Your looped and windowed raggedness defend you
From seasons such as these? [King Lear]
I started making garments, coats or dresses, empty as though the wearer was there but invisible. I often thought of the wearers as wanderers, escaping from danger.
The garments often had had narratives, in words and drawings, on their outer surface but later they began to acquire the attributes of buildings – stairways, windows and doorways.
My increasing preoccupation with the partly visible inner structures of places of shelter - decayed or damaged, like exposed living quarters - led to the garments becoming more complex structures built from small units like rooms and clad with strips of torn clay; see Current Work: Places of Shelter.
