October 2013: a young woman leans over a medical technician
and takes a photograph of a computer monitor with her mobile phone. On the
screen are images of the two bundles of cells that the technician is about to
implant in her womb. The woman was my partner’s sister, Lynsey Mogg, and the
cells go on to grow into her two sons, Rufus and Rafe.
I think this image is one of the most remarkable photos I
have ever seen in my life.
It’s the starting
point for the Paths to Utopia project that will be at Somerset House this
summer. The plan is that
the image will be printed onto fabric and then embroider speakers into it to make a ‘singing
quilt’. The quilt will then play a sound
file of the boys when you are in front of the piece.
Oh yes, and this is how they looked when they had a very
exciting afternoon out at the park near our house.
This project is made possible with the support of The
Cultural Institute at King’s College London, premiering as part of Utopia 2016.
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