Esther Hesketh → Sculpture and Text

Esther Hesketh is a multi-disciplinary artist and technician based at Spike Island, Bristol. Their practice explores the intersection of narrative and material processes, creating sculptural and performative installations, text pieces, and exhibition design.

I think of a Moth

I am flustered
I am fatigued

Fast speaking women
I dance in the kitchen

Im trying to say a lot of things at once

Flustered in my dance

Simple admiration and lust for a light

Sitting in the bath
For an hour or so
When releasing the water Getting out mostly dry

When the light has faded from day to night

A dimly lit bath

In the office
Turned towards the wall

Think about the dark
Not being able to see

I am sitting in a dark room

Hearing Sound

I think of a moth
I am drawn to its dance and flutter

The space to talk
I wonder if a fast speaking woman is one that dances in the kitchen

Ready made answers entering my imagination

Thoughts causing wobble

Entering you scorched your toes red
The water staying hot
You play with the pressure of it flowing down the plug hole

Adjusted

The glare of your phone screen

Lights switching off for lack of movement
The sunlight lamp glaring

Not being able to be seen

The glances
Things become amiss

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Esther Hesketh

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I think of a Moth

There’s The Wind outside

Sail Away

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