Current Work

The word ruin originates from the Latin word, ruere, ‘to fall’ and has its origins from the notion of fallen or falling stones. In this context, the ruin can be described as the remains of man-made architecture. In experiencing the ruin within its present state, the meaning and significance of absence can be observed as a felt sense and trace of lived space within the ruin. The capacity of photography as a phenomenological extension of body experience, communicates absence through direct observation. Perpetual Transitions, is an ongoing practice based research project that questions how absence is felt and experienced in the ruin and how it is communicated through the medium of photography. It is conducted through direct observation of absence, described here as ‘the non-existence, or lack of and subsequent photographic responses to the ruin in its present state.