In the Nightside Garden
Awaiting the Souls Return
A musculoskeletal sculpture that moves like a real body. It’s
conception was influenced by George Bataille’s document ‘Abattoirs’ and Eli
Lotar’s photographs that accompanied the essay. Through the act of making, Norris
explores themes of repair, re-membering and re-connecting; whilst simultaneously
investigating the sacred and the profane through the entangled and hierarchical
relationship that humans have with other beings.
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Awaiting the Souls Return 2022
Reclaimed cowhide, domestic materials 85 X 288 X 215 cms
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a04e6d7fd9755c6249b75c72fb83260f9940840619ed7b9ae3d75308d648b76b/Cow-solo.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a30ff2fa11728db4577b116e21f491a3721353046f525452532cb6f640e58c2/Cow-full-solo-front.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/969e42c972512abe5122412fc67c1921419f99adf9e71c411dd6c41449757c7b/Cow-foot.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ce061fa11853c7ab3b6165e04d1a6206e2de6f53fb9149920ac9502333ad5a3/Cow-scaled-small.jpg)
Awaiting the Souls Return 2022
Reclaimed cowhide, domestic materials 85 X 288 X 215 cms