Enclosure
2023
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A1
Detail from a print from series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A1
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A1
“Manipulating the prints with barbed wire extends the photograph into sculptural form”
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A2
Detail of a print from series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A2
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A2
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A1
Detail from a print from series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A1
From series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24 Giclee print on satin paper wrapped in barbed wire A3
‘Enclosure’ addresses the ‘right to roam’ debate, regarding public access to the British countryside. The work is performative, through trespassing, the artist photographs a private, earl owned, woodland. These sculptural pictures are viscously disfigured by barbed wire, the kind used in rural fencing, obscuring the image of the private land, and reflecting how access there is prohibited. Triff’s practice is critical of how land is prescribed to us and advocates our engagement with policy.
Installation shot of series ‘Enclosure’ 2023/24