“Like all works in the Escape Vehicles series no.1 [1996] and no.2 [1997] are tinged with the melancholy of failure.

“Escape Vehicle no.3 (1997, Great Escape, Lana House) An empty boiler suit was held upright by fifty silver helium balloons. Fractionally too heavy for a full lift off, the figure drifted through the space propelled by faint currents of air, its legs barely grazing the floor. ”

Simon Faithfull‘s Escape Vehicles