48 Summers: List of Elements
Shadow Concept: A ritual to bring the Sun
Fragile Protocols: A five year ritual
Everyday Rituals: Watching the growth and decay of daffodils
Grid of 48 digital photographs (b/w)
Grid of 36 digital photographs (colour)
12 dried daffodil flowers/ seed heads
12 dried daffodil flowers on paper
Set of rosary beads; papier mache, dried daffodils/seeds*
Life in the seed heads (video)
48 daffodil bulbs
life in those seed heads
It felt almost cruel: the vibrant sounds of life in those seed heads. The cat caught a mouse, and the child cried out ‘it’s still alive’.
48 Daffodil Bulbs
For a long time, even the thought of new life was too much. A glint, then, placing each one of these 48 daffodil bulbs in the darkest matter.
A ritual calling the sun
Year 1
In the first year afterwards, I buy a bunch of cut daffodils and arrange them in a vase. I sense the shadow; the Affodil of the Elysian Fields. I notice the daffodil's gradual transformation to decay and death.