Stateless Vessel

Stateless Vessel, (blown, cut and cast glass, arduino microcontroller, neopixel strip, mixed media)  refers to the migrant crisis and the grounding of NGO Search and Rescue boats in the Mediterranean

Shadows of glass figures inside a glass RIB boat are animated by the moving light to give the illusion of the vessel floating in endless circles on a sea of broken glass, highlighting the difficulties faced by migrants.

 
Stateless Vessel (H33cm W65cm. Cast, blown and waterjet cut glass, mixed media).

Stateless Vessel (H33cm W65cm. Cast, blown and waterjet cut glass, mixed media).

low res L Waugh McManus Stateless Vessel (cropped overhead).jpg
low res Stateless Vessel (still from sequence).jpg