Light House
Light House references the image of the floating house that recurs in historical photographs of resettlement, which has been a touchpoint of my work. Like a traditional lighthouse, the lighted structure acts as a beacon, helping seaborn vessels navigate their way to a safe landing. Here, the vessels at sea are the “ghost houses” of resettlement, or those that set out on barges for their new locations but, for unknown reasons, did not arrive.
Light House provides a resolution—an afterlife—for the ghost house’s unsettled nature, and memorializes their loss.
Light House
Light House references the image of the floating house that recurs in historical photographs of resettlement, which has been a touchpoint of my work. Like a traditional lighthouse, the lighted structure acts as a beacon, helping seaborn vessels navigate their way to a safe landing. Here, the vessels at sea are the “ghost houses” of resettlement, or those that set out on barges for their new locations but, for unknown reasons, did not arrive.
Light House provides a resolution—an afterlife—for the ghost house’s unsettled nature, and memorializes their loss.