Reveals
My father Reg Marks was a Japanese prisoner of war.
Reveals is an installation in response to his experiences building the Burma Railway.
Setting out, coming home. Walking through the corridor powers the train.
Looking through the train windows are:
glimpses of my father’s life before and after his captivity, his wartime diary,
messages from the family he left behind and the Japanese figures he carried home.
The texts are from his beloved mother Dobie and my mother Bina Korngold, a refugee from Vienna giving him news about their little daughter Gita.
Both Dobie and Bina had difficulties writing in English so the texts were copied from a small journal that someone else wrote.
The Japanese figures have been a constant through out my life, they are significant to me
“Memories of people, and other times” my father’s words
They remind me of my family known and unknown and whoever made these dolls which at different times we both have touched
The installation also documents Reg's wartime friendship with Mr Rikitaki and the kindness that can be experienced regardless of difference.
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