Untitled, No. 2 c. 1930

Virginia Berresford made this drawing, Untitled, No. 2, with what looks like graphite pencil. The whole image is built from many, many marks, and I think the making of it would have been additive, where each mark supports another until this architectural form emerges. Like, she knew it would become a building, but it would take time and touch to get there. I’m thinking about how Berresford built up these marks, and wondering if she was thinking about what it might be like to occupy a place like this, to find yourself in this building, to climb the stairs. This reminds me of Piranesi, and other architectural fantasies. It also makes me wonder what it would be like to work alongside her, exchanging ideas and pushing one another’s work in unexpected directions. That’s what making art is all about, being in conversation across time.