Choralith

2019

31.5 x 103 x 137 cm /  12.4 x 40.6 x 53.9 in
Found objects, vintage packaging, photographic transfers on board, resin cast elements, doll fragments, glass, wood, and archival ephemera.

Installation, Photography & Performance: Finian James Tempest
Performers: Finian James Tempest & Laurence Martin


Included in the series titled

Choralith

  • A wooden cabinet filled with vintage objects, dolls’ heads, cameras, and two human faces emerging among the items.
  • A dimly lit wooden shelf filled with an eclectic assortment of vintage objects and curiosities. Among the items are doll heads and limbs, old cameras, seashells, glass bottles, tins, and antique books. A skull rests beside an OXO cubes tin, and various small trinkets — such as marbles, dice, and feathers — are scattered throughout. Human mannequin heads emerge eerily from the sides and corners of the shelf, giving the scene a surreal, almost unsettling quality reminiscent of a Victorian curiosity cabinet.
  • A wooden cabinet filled with vintage objects, dolls’ heads, cameras, and two human faces emerging among the items.