Gill Gatfield – Nappy Scapes

Nappy Scapes Series

Repeating units of stacked newborn nappies/diapers stretch open in a soft and absorbing monochromatic grid.  Estimated to take over 500 years to breakdown in landfill, the unused readymades exceed art conservation standards while padding substrates and walls, dampening noise and loading space with potential meaning.  Questions of vunerability, nakedness, and memory expand into wider issues of culture, conservation and universality.

Bibliography: Gardiner Essay, Kruscic Essay 2006