About the project

Locus - an art project with refugees, asylum seekers and members of the local community from Portsmouth. Artists Ania Bas & Les Monaghan were in residence at Portsmouth Friendship Centre for a year working with the participants to explore their personal LOCUS.

The residency took place between October 2009 and September 2010.

Some of the works developed during the residency continue their post-project life. This blog is being updated with any news on where the work can be seen, played, encountered. If you are interested in learning more contact Ania on aniabas{at}gmail{dot}com

Foil

Foil is an interesting material - it is flexible, shiny, cheap and easy to work with. Everyone seems to have an experience of foil - no matter if one cooks or not. Foil = take away. Foil = food. Foil = raw. Foil = cover.

We covered our limbs with foil and made foil casts. Aisha volunteerd to have her entire body foil covered. Foil is flexible but fragile - we made holes and punctures in our casts before making a perfect one. The foil casts stayed in shape but again once freed of the body underneath their fragility tripled.

We are going to play a bit more with these temporary casts. Watch this space!
















Julia watching while Ania and Noor are covering Aisha in foil.

















Abdul also had his arm foil-cast done.

All about foil

foil 1 |foil|verb [ trans. ]prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeedingHunting (of a hunted animal) run over or cross (ground or a scent or track) in such a way as to confuse the hounds.noun1 Hunting the track or scent of a hunted animal.2 archaic a setback in an enterprise; a defeat.
foil 2noun1 metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet, used chiefly forcovering or wrapping food : aluminum foil.2 a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another

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