A.P.parent Snapshot (The Children Act 1989), 2016

Presented at Hornsey Town Hall, A.P.parent Snapshot is a site-specific installation confronting the gap between idealised notions of childhood and the often unseen realities of neglect. Inspired by The Children Act 1989, the work uses the language of play to expose deeper social fractures.

At its centre stands a life-sized inflatable Victorian playhouse, coated in blackboard paint—nostalgic yet obstructive, physically impeding the viewer’s path. Kept alive by a continuous airflow, the house appears to breathe, unsettling the innocence it mimics.

Inside, under the glare of UV light, hidden marks and stains emerge—evidence of trauma, erasure, something gone horribly wrong. Amidst the forensic scene, a small acrylic house—a piggybank—sits quietly, evoking fragile value systems, broken trusts, and commodified care. A.P.parent Snapshot is a confrontation: with memory, with systems that fail, and with the haunting persistence of what remains unseen.