Door Ghost sits in the shuttered, darkened spaces of Forty Hall, a reminder of the lives lived there. Like a fresco lift, or a monoprint, it is a full sized altered image of the back of the ground floor privy door, reproducing the traces of height marks and signatures which have accumulated on the door since 1800. This exceptional hidden artefact is destined never to be seen by visitors to Forty Hall, as its delicate pencil marks cannot be exposed to the deteriorating effects of natural light.
In making the hidden visible, we sought to transform it: here is a singular artefact whose surface patterning has been created by the direct touches of the people who lived in the Hall, which have not been erased by paint and cleaning: the new image seeks to make the door flesh, with a chalky notation marking it.
 
 
 
Hidden Privy Door
Detail
Door Ghost light box
 
 
To Digitate
Ceiling Rose