These drawings are about the crystallisation of water to create an Archive for things which may be lost in the future.
The archival information is embedded and released through phase change.
The site is the Regents Canal, a fluid pathway along which the crystals form a gradual accretion through their growth and self assembly.
The Archive can store personal memories, which can take the form of smells, images, sounds.
There is a 'Reading Room', analogous to Haruki Murakami's library in the 'End of the World' (Hard Boiled Wonderland), a personal space where there is enacted the future release of information through phase change.
The crystals are a synthetic molecular construction, similar to Vonnegut's 'Ice-Nine', an ice which is stable at room temperature, with a high melting point.
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