A Moment in Darkness is an installation composed of a square field of black iron oxide pigment with a central mass of crushed ferrite. The magnetised core pulls the surrounding pigment into its orbit, forming a dense, concentrated field. Installed within a tiny former jail cell at The Lock-Up, the work is scaled to the dimensions of the space while recalling the past presence of a person. Within this confined interior, the body is drawn into a heightened awareness of its own containment, held in relation to a field that simultaneously absorbs, concentrates and expands. The darkness does not simply surround the central form but presses in upon the body, while the mass exerts a quiet pull, producing a condition in which the space is felt as both inwardly compressive and outwardly expansive, extending toward an immeasurable distance even as it closes around the body.