Sophie Standford

The Unearthings
A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
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Trace Selected Works

Lacuna


1993-2021
performance: 20 mins
single channel black and white and colour HD video | Super-8mm | 3’49” | silent

The artist carefully washes the recently acquired ankle scar. The action is repetitive, simple, uncertain and precarious. The space is dark, domestic, interior and claustrophobic. Silence intensifies the desire to impose control over lost memories.

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