Lyndsey Knight took a bold step and created an installation piece for her show. A brave move as even with the best planning an installation is a last moment commitment and if it doesn't work ideas have to be unpicked and reworked. Whilst there were some technical difficulties Lyndsey successfully resolved her piece.
Her work essentially created the bathroom of someone suffering from an obsessive compulsive disorder whereby daily routines are imbued with the pressure to constantly be better and to conform with an idea of perfection. Whilst the work can be seen as a whole complete with sink it is also about the pictures within a picture with the collection of framed reminders of how to achieve a better life. Lyndsey hit the right note with the choice of frames; they are ordinary and domestic but painted white so as not to get in the way of the framed photograph. Even the repeat circles in the wallpaper pattern is appropriate to the subject.
A question arises as to whether this piece should ultimately be an installation or whether it could work equally well or better as photographs.
