Hidden Sign

Construction Work

Hidden Sign

1978 – 1980
220 x 220 x 185 cm

A freestanding sculpture / construction – one side affixed to a wall

  • one harnessed seagull                
  • one black stove enamelled metal plinth                
  • one wood chair
  • one ceramic dish
  • one black overall suit
  • one large black box
  • one length of black cloth
  • one tarpaulin 220 x 220 cm
  • one low mirrored plinth with eel
  • two profile spotlight one with blue filter
  • one tape of synthetic sounds on a loop
  • two Auratone loudspeakers
  • atmosphere in immediate area of construction invested with damp musty odour

Sound by John Foxx

Exhibition provenance

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton 1981
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol 1981
ICA, London 1981
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berks 1983