A breathtaking transformation... 😍
When contemporary London based artist Sue Webster aquired a derelict detached house in de Beauvoir Town, previously occupied by the eccentric ‘Mole Man of Hackney’, she enlisted friend and past collaboratorto create for her a perfectly balanced home that combines past and future, and spaces for work, art and everyday life
Soon, an intriguingly odd situation provided the solution she was looking for. ‘Cycling home one day, I came across the most dilapidated house in the neighbourhood. It was boarded up, covered in scaffolding with a 2.5m high corrugated fence around it and a notice pinned to it from Hackney Council – it just said"KEEP OUT!!" – in every way, and I thought to myself"now there’s a challenge".
‘Working with artists has always been a critical part of my practice and I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with Sue since the early stages of my career’, he says. ‘The Mole House intrigued me because it had the same type of epochal quality to it as Dirty House and has really become ingrained as a piece of London’s archaeology.
The house now spans three levels, with the top two dedicated to the residential part, including an expansive living room with large openings looking out towards the quiet residential streets, two bedrooms and a study. The lower level hosts the studio space, where Webster created her most recent piece - and the first one in this new workspace - ‘The Crime Scene’, a striking composition of ephemera and artwork from the artist’s teenage years.
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