Alexandra Blum, ‘20.10.09 - Dalston Square construction site, 15th floor B block’, charcoal on paper, 59 x 84 cm
An order suddenly comes through for the materials stored in the centre of the space to be cleared up, within the next few minutes. As everything’s being moved so rapidly, it begins to feel as if I’m drawing the negative shape of the space each object has displaced, rather than the objects themselves. Extract from drawing diary 2009