'An Absence of Normal' is a military term that describes the experience of troops entering a town; they look for evidence of abnormal behaviours that might indicate an ambush.
For about a period of 18 months, UK citizens experienced being 'locked down' in their own homes as a way of reducing the spread of Covid 19. Forays into public spaces were limited to shopping for food an an hour of exercise each day.
Devoid of people, cities were no longer engines of human endeavour, rather they became sculptures portraying a nostalgia for a different era. This work explores the relationship that people developed with the 'outer space' as opposed to the inner space they now inhabited. Being in a location that would normally be full of people, but now was drained of humanity is an alien experience.
This work investigates this new relationship that people developed with public spaces. It asks the audience to revisit their own experience of public spaces during this period and ask - how the experience of Covid influenced their relationship with their public spaces and the sense of personal freedom that theses spaces offer.
