Thames Banks is a collection of work in progress and the result of my investigations on the Thames currents.
London was created alongside the river for its many great benefits, but we built these impressive walls and barriers to control and dominate it. For this series I studied the human interventions along the river focusing on the limitations we have put throughout it.
Thames Banks are made of the Thames materials: algae and mud; biodegradable materials which will eventually die to continue the circle of life.
Sandbags made of jute have also a long history as a Thames barrier to protect the land from flooding. This fibre is also considered to be very sustainable, which acknowledged to take it as canvas choice.
The nature of Thames Banks imply that these works develop as the time passes.
THAMES BANKS MMXXII
Algae and mud on jute.
220 x 140 cm.
2022.
London Guts, (exhibition view), The Stone Space, London, 2024.
Left wall (front to back): Thames Banks MMXXIII, Thames Banks MMXI, Thames Banks MMXI,
Right wall (front to back): Thames Banks MMXXIV, Thames Banks MMXXII.
THAMES BANKS MMXXI
Algae and mud on jute.
220 x 140 cm.
2021.
THAMES BANKS MMXXI
Photo take a year later.
Thames Banks II, (detail images), 2020.
Thames Banks II, (detail images), 2020.