[no title: p. 247] 1970

Editor: This fascinating collage by Esq Tom Phillips layers imagery over text from, I think, a found Victorian novel page. The stark white lightning bolt feels so disruptive against the aged paper. What do you see in this piece? Curator: The lightning bolt is a potent symbol. It cleaves through the past, disrupting the Victorian text, perhaps representing the artist's intervention into cultural memory. The word "fool" repeated suggests a critical perspective, even self-deprecation, regarding this act of reinterpretation. Editor: So, it’s about challenging the past, not just revisiting it? Curator: Precisely. Phillips invites us to question the narratives we inherit. How does the 'death of ambition' text add to the idea of cultural reassessment? Editor: It makes me think about how ambitions and values change over time. Curator: Yes, cultural memory is not static. We continuously rewrite it, struck by new insights.