This is an unframed canvas which can be hung directly on the wall.

Changing Ideas Award
This picture relates to the social issue of climate change and its human effects. It depicts the remains of a room in a domestic building which has been breached by the outside world, an ominous black cloud suspended just inside the interior. The object in the foreground is a washing machine in the process of being crystallised as we watch. The top of the walls are painted to recall background landscapes by Renaissance artists such as Sassetta, to bring the idea of time and art history into the image. I also want the painting to hold the ancient past in the form of rocks alongside future pollution and planetary change in the destruction of the building and incursion of pollutants into interior space. Introducing the idea of deep time to notions of pollution and climate change hopefully asks the question of how long into the future uranium extraction, microplastics, ‘forever’ chemicals and other harmful substances and processes may affect our world. Situating the image inside the imagined ruins of someone’s home should help us to consider these ideas on a personal level.