Between Presence and Absence

Reflective objects mirror the world around us, showing an image that can look at once familiar and at the same time strange. They invite the viewer to become part of the object, to watch their identity morph and distort as they move around it.

Reflection has an ethereal and intangible nature. It escapes touch or any other senses, except vision. It captures only a fleeting moment. A mirror portrays both fullness and emptiness at the same time.

Throughout history, mirrors were associated with myth and superstition, which is a connecting thread that binds us to our ancestors. They are haunting objects in their honesty and often show us something that we would otherwise not be able to see.

As an echo of changing time and reality, a mirror reflects a space in between, potentially holding not just what is there, but what might be or has been.

Galerie Marzee 2023, solo show exploring the intangible nature of reflections, the history of mirrors and the narratives and myth that surround them as objects.

Article at TL Magazine by Dora Thornton: The Art of Reflection

Through a Metal, Darkly. Magnifying mirror, speculum metal alloy. 

Photo: Thom Atkinson

Each mirror offers a different visual experience, they magnify, blur, obscure or distort.

Photo: Thom Atkinson

Shattered 2025. Speculum metal (also known as white bronze) was historically used across different cultures for mirrors. It is a composition of copper and tin providing high reflectivity yet a volatile structure.

0 days, 100 days, 200 days buried in the earth

Exhibition overview