Mona Hatoum, Hot Sot 2006 a buzzing neon globe of the world. How the world today has changed with the outbreakCOVID 19 / by Mark Edwards

Countries, borders, race, language all mean nothing today, how a virus has crippled and devastated communities the world over. Mona Hatoum’s Hot Spot 2006 illustrates like the buzz it produces up close the virus is silent yet is global in its scale. To day i am walking a trail its like my map it has no clear path yet it meanders creates a sensory presence within the landscape and evokes memory as i walk past sign posts, markers points of significance in my mind it is my globe and buzzes within my head, it allows a trace for art making and like the virus it is contagious.