TH.I.W.H. / THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED (2011)

The sculpture refers to the duality of the location is was originally created for:
Until 1890 the London prison Millbank Penitentiary, a model for optimized surveillance architecture, was located on the premises of what today hosts the Chelsea College of Art and Design.  What is more, until 1868 everyone expelled from the country was “processed” though Millbank.
The stainless steel sculpture is painted matt black on one side and in colorful stripes on the other.
It sits on two steel beams and encloses an isolated, hardly accessible space.

After its exhibition in London, TH.I.W.H. spent eleven years at Cass Sculpture Foundation from where it moved to Grizedale Forest Sculpture Park in May 2023.

Cass Prize for Sculpture (2011)
1. prize for the realization of a public sculpture

Installation views:
Grizedale Forest Sculpture Park (2023) – Photo: Hazel Stone
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (2011)