Penny Anderson

ENARGEIA ARCADE

The possessions of notoriously ruthless and eccentric billionaire Enargeia Crow were seized in lieu of outstanding taxes by HMRC, the resulting collection is displayed here in the Enargeia Arcade. Crow made billions from his international warehouses, shipping, storage and a fleet of delivery drivers and cyclists. Notorious for mistreating and underpaying his workers, he died broken, broke, abandoned, disgraced and alone, albeit surrounded by his ‘toys’ and art collection.

“Enargeia” – the quality of extreme vividness, radiance or present-ness (Greek ἐνεργής; “visible”, “manifest”). In rhetoric, a description so vivid it seems to conjure its subject into existence; so powerful it evokes the (unbearable) brightness of being.

I am based in Glasgow, and work using ready-mades, dolls house furniture, self-assembly kits, collage and mirrors.

Like all of my benighted cohort, I worked at home without workshops, tuition, or a studio (and disability support.)

Please see my website, for more work; much better than this GSA ‘digital portfolio’.

Please also note: as with most students, some of my documentation was limited by a phone camera, done in my lounge without proper lighting, with shaky hands.