The Costermongery
Industrial Revolution - The Heritage of Everything
This installation comprises three Victoria sponge cakes with Victorian tile motifs. Each cake symbolises three major social issues of the Industrial Revolution era and ongoing. Each piece has graffitied words which state a conclusive viewpoint on those issues as well as commenting on our condition / living within an inherited Victorian city.
Ind'l Rev'n : Arsenophobia
Medium: Copper, vitreous enamel, spray paint and wood. Inspired by the Victorian usage of deadly substrate arsenic, which provided a vibrant green colour to many consumer products causing many deaths alongside increased sales. In the modern world, obvious poisons are regulated but the question remains whether today’s artificial additives, chemicals and synthetics are less harmful over time?
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