2011
An installation at St Philips Building, Sheffield st, London, WC2A 2EX
An installation at St Philips Building, Sheffield st, London, WC2A 2EX
"An exhibition to mark the life of
the St Philips Building was quickly organised before its imminent
demolition. Dominic Wilcox was one of those asked to create something
in the buliding that would reference the buildings history in some way.
TheSt Philips Building started in 1903 as a workhouse Infirmary for the poor before going on
to be a hospital for women and then bought by the London School of
Economics.
On visiting St Philips Dominic found the last remaining office, left abandonded and intact.
"I thought that it was as if the room
was waiting to die and I wanted to ease its transition from this world.
My thought for the office was to leave it intact but to remove the
colour from every aspect in the room (via white paint) thereby
taking
away a layer of reality and connection to our world as it moves
closer
to its imminent death." Dominic Wilcox
www.dominicwilcox.com
