The White Flag; Sails for Surrender
Paper, Cotton
Dimensions Variable

White flags are recognised as a protective sign of truce; often associated with surrender in violent situations. This state of surrendering is also a requirement to begin the sacral journey in many religious practices; asking one to give themselves over to the essential.

This work literally weaves the pages of various spiritual texts where weaving is commonly used metaphorically in reference to creation stories that detail the emergence of the ideal and ordered physical world. By doing so, the spiritual writings (the horizontal threads) are interwoven with a warp (the vertical thread) and condensed into a single cloth. By striping each page and meticulously re-weaving it in order, similarities are exposed between the writings; in pattern, in texture, in colour and in lightness, perhaps exposing a more unified (text)ile fitting for the artists experience as an outsider to these writings.

These flags are a synthesis of knowledge and a call for human surrender above difference; a non-denominational and altruistic flag marking a moment of surrender to our true and accepted selves.

To be hung in the gallery space like the following photos
(note slight variations in drape, and variations on hook position)
[left sheet, Number 1 is very flexible - middle sheet, Number 2 is very stiff and sits in a cone - right sheet, Number 3 is moderately flexible]

Each ‘sheet’ hangs from the top right eyelet
(see below - top right eyelet is marked with green wool - please remove once installed)
[gallery hook or strong cord is fine if gallery uses hanging system - otherwise a screw into the wall is preferred]

The work is a little awkward to install as the sheets are large. Please do not hesitate to handle them with clean hands. In fact it is necessary.
Little white paper tabs may ‘shed’ from the back of the work, this is completely normal. Please just sweep them up and dispose.

The works are folded up in their packaging. Simply unroll them on a clean floor, identify the top right tab with green wool and hook it onto gallery hook. You will then need to handle the works and twist them/ grapple with them until they sit right, similar to the photos above.

Please spend a moment with the works and ensure they hang nicely. I trust your curatorial vision, but I like the idea of it looking like one casually hung their towel on a hook, with as many pleats as possible. It is my preference that the back of the work is hidden as best you can, but the work is textile and may move around - so understand that impossibility.

Please note the difference in hook height - Hooks should be between 40 and 50 cm apart.

The final work should measure 180cm wide by 3 metres in height.

Please do not hesitate to send me a text, photo or give me a call throughout the installation process.

0400886570