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an exercise in minimalism, compatibility and search engine optimization, the site functions simply and intuitively on mobile and desktop. furthermore it provides access to as near a complete works by the painter as there has yet been available.

the site would be nothing of course without the incredible fine art photography of the ipswich-based, douglas atfield. doug has visited thomas's studio on regular occasions and lit, photographed and elegantly cropped almost every single one of thomas's works to date.

the film follows ora as she tries to solve the mystery of her 100 year old hungarian grandfather's life — a holocaust survivor, he never wants to do anything except jigsaw puzzles. seeking to bridge a silence that has defined their relationship, ora journeys to hungary to photograph locations from his past and transform them into puzzles we can solve together. arriving at her grandfather's childhood home—a castle now repurposed as a boarding school—ora is unprepared for how the locals receive her: "has the baroness come to reclaim the castle?" what began as a simple quest to connect with her grandfather transforms into a darkly comedic exploration of identity, belonging, and the stubborn untidiness of historical memory.

after a long chat with wells, caspar and josiah newbolt agreed to run the film footage through various plugins, circuit bent machines and output the results through a series of vintage monitors. these monitors would then be digitally filmed, the footage imported, and the imagery then processed further in the computer before export.