The Bomb, the Whale & the Phallus

X is a nuclear dowry, bequeathed to a future generation. Intricately hand fabricated in brass, bronze, copper and silver, it tells the murky tale of an unstable nightmare-scape in which the whales know and wait; on the cusp of nuclear warfare, the phallus rises and the bomb is dropped.

X is modelled on the marriage dowry necklaces of Tamil Nadu, distinctive in their reconfigurable order and layered, highly decorative construction. Look closely for adapted figurative details of bombs, whales, penises and the inexorable “X”.

X is a kiss, X marks the spot, X is the black of the bomb, of machine, and precedes the atomic whiteness of O.