"...somehow we know by instinct that outsize buildings cast the shadow of their own destruction before them, and are designed from the first with an eye to their later existence as ruins." Austerlitz — W.G. Sebald
"One view of catastrophe. This had happened. Who would have expected such a thing. Never, never. No one. It is the worst. And if the worst, then unique. Which means unrepeatable. Let's put it behind us....The other view. Unique for now: what happens once can happen again. You'll see. Just wait. To be sure, you may have to wait a long time. We come back. We come back." The Volcano Lover — Susan Sontag
COLLECTING POINT
“The ERR Project”, installed for Kent Gallery, 2009
"...but it is a work of art, he added, as though works of art of necessity survive, whereas, in fact, they don't. The Glass Room — Simon Mawer
