Thresholds, RSA University of Reading, MA final Degree Show

September 10th – 13th, 2026

Erotic Ecology /Birch (2026) Part 1,

Recycled office paper, graphite stick 2B, cardboard tube,

2050*80mm

Erotic Ecology is a list of active verbs in order of appearance from Andreas Weber’s Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology from an excerpt Eros: What makes the World More Real in the Prelude. The hearts show where the noun ‘love’ was interspersed.

talk ♥ think ♥♥ sound ♥ consider burn suffer bring ♥♥ kindle nourish consume please strive obsess ♥ suck search ♥ remain understand ♥ love ♥ enliven ♥♥ understand ♥ allow ♥♥ love dismiss ♥ complete ♥ understand ♥ fail experience inhabit tremble wince ♥ love enliven eroticise permeate rediscover enrapture ♥ surround slice fill run screech carve contribute gyrate characterise swirl strike suffuse heat feel roar enliven thicken transform turn crave precipitate thicken crystallise feel condense blend emerge morph lay down ♥ observe describe understand experience understand live ♥ fulfil manifest cause seek fail neglect achieve suffuse imbue strive ♥ take give share release

These words are written in graphite pencil and are purposefully smudged and dirty. The leaves of paper are not stuck down entirely to resemble the bark of a birch tree.

I write these out as you would lines in school, writing them over and over as instructions and reminders to myself so that the words bed in.

Erotic Ecology /Birch (2026) Part 2,

Recycled office paper, graphite stick 2B, cardboard tube,

2150*70mm

Erotic Ecology is a list of active verbs in order of appearance from Andreas Weber’s Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology from an excerpt Gravity, Erotic Power from chapter 1: Touch. The heart shows where the noun ‘love’ was interspersed.

form rise cool condense fall run attract put perceive reveal change touch sense call think suggest solve follow touch recognise think come understand call attract long perceive feel lay down bed down pull deal include hold formulate predict attribute see take understand reshape fix come begin gather tear apart conceal result form view think feel desire desire transform act ♥ describe document increase maintain congregate bond call forth increase seek counterbalance increase burn out die break down collapse become enable form unfold arise imagine mix react form jump begin attract emerge bring forth strive predict sink spin out arrange create head freeload spawn create organise collapse invent clump pull together assemble enclose produce loom tend consume emerge dream deliver emerge wait develop live know help produce ignite cause complete stabilise help overcome form postpone make up bear

These words are written in graphite pencil and are purposefully smudged and dirty. The leaves of paper are leave a gap and are not stuck down entirely to resemble the bark of a birch tree.

I write these out as you would lines in school, writing them over and over as instructions and reminders to myself so that the words bed in.