How Lies the Land

19 July – 19 October 2025
Folkestone Triennial

Red Erratic, 2021, Damascus Rose

A giant red stone sits quietly between land and sea – but it carries stories of movement, memory and change. On top, a pair of human feet appear frozen mid-step, balanced and overlapping, as if caught just before moving on.

The stone is marble from Syria – a country shaped by migration, beauty, and conflict. Its title, Red Erratic, refers to rocks carried by glaciers far from their original home. This sculpture invites us to think about how people, like stones, are sometimes uprooted and placed elsewhere - by nature, war or survival.

The feet carved into the surface are tender and uncertain. They speak of arrival and departure, presence and absence. Like the stone itself, they feel both grounded and out of place.

Red Erratic is a quiet but powerful reminder that nothing stays still - not people, not landscapes, not history. It asks us to pause and reflect on where we come from, how we move through the world, and what we carry with us.

  • Red Erratic, 2021, Damascus Rose, 200 x 160 x 180 cm

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