Catherine Bertola, Scratching at the surface, Installation View, 2001

Scratching at the surface2001Found painted surfaceDimensions variablePhoto: Stephen CollinsCommissioned by Locus+, Newcastle upon TyneBudget: Fee £300, materials covered separately by commissionersScratching at the surface was sited on the gable end of a building in Newcastle upon Tyne, within the surface were the remains of a solitary upstairs interior wall of a previously demolished building. The work was created by almost archaeologically scratching through the accumulated layers of paint to create an intricate wallpaper pattern that dated from when the interior was last a home. Through reintroducing decoration to this neglected deteriorating space I attempted to suggest how it may have appeared during its original habitation.

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