Life and Death - for Henry - 2M x 2M on wooden frame - it's HEAVY!!!! - just like the matters it addresses.

 



Pages from accompanying unique book.





Aleatory game of 0/s and X's titled Life and Death. Death won by 1. 

Three layers later and everything is obliterated - I needed to be true to my process but also stay within the confines of the clients brief... this meant I had no choice but to find a clean tabula rosa.

























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