Home Away From Home is not only a photograph but also a memory that seems to be layered and thus creates a fractured composition which is not certain within its orientation. The rocky geography within the work at first viewing looks as though it’s natural- however becomes more and more increasingly unfamiliar the more you look at it. The surface textures are sharp and as though they confront you and as the composition is monochrome- it only leaves the shadows and highlights. The geography looks as though it belongs everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
The sharpness and the changes of the landscape has removed its specificity from its location thus becoming a space where there is nothing that claims control over the composition. Every part is dominant due to this layering and adds to the confusion of home.
Dislocation confronts the instabilities of memories and the need for belonging through the fragmentation of layers- altering them and scarring them thus obliteration through damaged negatives. The work itself takes us through the process thus showing the concept of destruction as a form of construction (or a part of the cycle thereof) which could be conceptually seen as a pendulum between the two or as a paradox.
The textures give the work a physical feeling to it as though they have been attacked and morphed.. perhaps it could be chemical erosion or burnt film? This thus creates a biological appearance of vein-like structures throughout the composition which are mimicry of organic materials.