Shane

The Buddhist notion of “no fixed form” allows the figure to operate as an anonymous ancestral body, capable of holding erased or fragmented lineages. Inside, a geological section is formed from London soil and culturally marked fragments gathered through my migrations—remnants of ethnic adornment, pastoral textiles, worn fibres, and metallic residues shaped by use and labour. These materials are fractured, compressed, and sedimented, becoming physical traces of post-birth movement and cultural displacement.

The outer shell, marked by subtle corrosion and distortion, refers to the structural and political conditions that shaped my family before my existence. By exposing processes of weathering, pressure, and infiltration, the work renders visible the invisible forces embedded in lineage, giving uncertain ancestry a material and perceptible body.