A machine sits upon the empty plinth where the missing statue of Huskisson once stood.

A contact strikes an old piece of railway track causing a random flicker and sparks, the intense flashing of bulbs evokes primitive senses within humans much like insects gather around the street lamps in the summer night, we people will gather at the neglected public spaces.

Huskisson, the world’s first railway casualty, fell under Stephenson’s Rocket at its inauguration and died with a speech in his pocket celebrating the glory of James Watt and technological progress.

A Jump Ship Rat project

Huskisson Monument, Anglican Cathedral gardens