From Hour to Hour We Rot and Rot

From hour to hour we rot and rot shot at Waverly Cemetery in Bronte explores the concept of ‘ruin porn’ through the historical and scenic spaces dedicated to commemorating the dead. The light decreasing from image to image and subtle human intervention in the statute-ridden landscape force the impending reality of mortality to be confronted. Decaying statutes scattered throughout the site are a stark reminder that eventually even monuments crumble and names are forgotten. Yet there is a macabre beauty in how this decay defeats the desperation of man to immortalise the human existence, becoming a tangible image of the ruin to which we will all inevitably succumb.