Ali Jane Ward

Here sits a table, a site of gathering and exchange. Plaster panels gather fragments of text and cartographic trace, layered and partially erased. Systems of record, both official and informal, shape what is kept, overlooked and carried forward over time.

The work brings together surfaces marked by handling, erosion and repair, where traces of care and neglect remain embedded within the material. Plaster holds impressions, interruptions and fragments which operate as unstable records shaped through accumulation, omission and change.

Positioned between domestic and institutional space, the installation draws on the language of both the archive and the home. Seating and gathering become part of the work itself, encouraging shared viewing, conversation and duration.

What remains doesn't settle into a single reading, shaped instead by gaps, absences and the instability of recorded histories. The work proposes the exhibition as a space where traces can be encountered and quietly reconsidered through collective attention.