Minimal vardos on brick plinths

The idea behind this body of work was to convey the loss of cultural identity. The small scale models of my large traditional vardo are minimal and based on a flat pack, mass-produced concept to establish what our society has become. All of the elaborate decoration has been stripped from these vardos and all that remains is the ghostly shell; the loss of traditions within a culture. The light that flickers within these vardos is the flames of society destroying traditional ways of life.

The bricks represent the loss of freedom the traveling people have believed in and fought for. Also, more widely, it establishes the lack of freedom for any cultural group or individual living within a society. The plinths are very uniform as the models are all the same and the brick layout in neat, however they are all at different heights at random points on the floor. This is, again, to represent a society; people within different social classes, the people in control and the people living below poverty.