Ex Voto was a response to the particular architecture and acoustics of the Brunel Tunnel Shaft in Rotherhithe, London. The shaft is the first example of a Caisson - a brick cylinder which was built above ground and then sunk under its own weight, before tunneling commenced under the Thames; one of London's hidden architectural gems.

 

Consisting of 6 metres of Nickel- Chromium wire conducting 240 volts of electricity over the duration of 1 week, this sculpture amplifies the continually shifting, complex drones and resonances of metal constantly cooling and heating in reaction to its own power state and the environment as it oscillates.

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Directly below the concrete floor, the East London branch of the London Underground network can be heard to rumble past between Rotherhthe and Wapping...

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Produced during my Leverhulme Artist in Residency, awarded in 201 6-1 7.