Yorick's Box

Merging self-portraiture with Shakespeare this is Yorick's Box. The work explores the ideas of the multi-faceted self via self-portraiture, depicting the spiritual self as a 100 handed triplet. The skulls each have their own unique temperament and story, as Yorick's in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. Just as Hamlet contemplated his own fate as melancholic Prince of Denmark, pondering the life of former court jester Yorick, so each head encourages introspection. As the day moves from morning to night the image rotates to reveal new aspects and intricate detailing. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy." William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V:I.