Sally Mannall: 'FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE'

The work uses the 'witness request boards' to be found on the streets of London - where she was recently resident. These offer brief descriptions of crimes or accidents that have occurred at that site, serving to reveal violent or criminal events or narratives linked to a seemingly anodyne location, events that would otherwise be occluded from view. These texts also form the raw material for her wall works some of which are rubbings from the boards. These were made with the help of the Metropolitan Police Force who gave the artist access to many of their resources.