I photographed the ceramic Phrenology bust some time ago which I saw in a Curio shop. Phrenology was a pseudoscience that claimed one could determine peoples traits and character by feeling the bumps on certain parts of the head and compartmentalise parts of the brain for specific functions. Bumps…geddit? Anyway, browsing through my library, I was drawn to one of the many photos I took at a disused shoe factory with all the peeling paint and the skylight windows. Placing the head in this environment, it seemed to fit. I was looking to fill the window spaces, but clouds were too obvious. Then I placed another peeling paint wall; which fitted perfectly, although I had to stretch and contort the photo to make a perfect fit. I included the text to explain the premise of the image (which started the whole process). “Things that go BUMP in the night” = dreams….geddit?
