Breathing series, 2012

Series of 15, charcoal on paper, 118.9cm x 84.1cm.

PROGRESSING FROM SLEEP, I RECORDED THE SOUND OF MY OWN BREATHING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. BLINDFOLDED, I PLAYED THE AUDIO BACK TO MYSELF AND BECAME LOST IN MY OWN IN- AND EXHALATION, WITH THE TICKING CLOCK MARKING TIME. I TRACED THE NIGHTTIME NOISES WITH CHARCOAL, THE BLINDFOLD PREVENTING ME FROM MAKING ANY AESTHETIC DECISIONS, ALLOWING THE DRAWINGS TO BE SIMPLY A PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO THINGS UNSEEN.