84 glass tubes, discarded from a medical store, lie on the studio bench: large thermometers, and fine pippettes. What will emerge?
Lenton Parr used to say that art-making was a dialogue, between the artist and his materials. Work was finished when the conversation was over. Then, the work had assumed a life of its own, and the artist was no longer needed.
These objects on the bench speak naturally of warming, and of sounds of melting ice crystals. Holding the thermometers, we can see the heat rising: our impact on the earth.