Cameo is a new sculptural wall piece shown in the adjacent gallery. In the centre of the wall is a festooning accumulation of gold chain and costume jewellery that spills and hangs down to the floor, with a gold plated earring subtly twitching and spinning as they are caught in an invisible electromagnetic field. The piece is part of an on-going body of work that explores the personal connections we have to objects and the significance and memories that we attach to them. Cameo is informed by research into Louisiana Voodoo and Haitian Vodou, where the symbolic nature of objects and materials is paramount, serving as a route to the spirit world.

‘What I find interesting about this idea is that art often performs the same function, investing objects with power beyond the material, almost like casting a spell. I want to explore the mechanisms we use to make this evident.’ Jo Coupe, 2014