An on-going project that commemorates and celebrates the life of the french Mathematician, Georges Flory

Georges Flory (1922-2009) was a Parisian Mathematics Professor who published books about Algebra that were translated into Spanish and English. He was also an amateur Poet and Playwright.

Through collaboration with villagers of Thornham Magna and of close family members,the project speaks of memorial, re-enactment, repetition, memory and loss.

On May 14th 2009 6 Bell-Ringers rang a Quarter peal of Grandsire Doubles on the church bells of Thornham Magna, suffolk U.K (a continuous sequence of peals (ringing patters) rung on 6 bells)for 45 minutes in memory of George Flory. The group of 6 ringers included his Daughter Sylvie Flory Fawcett, a resident of Thornham magna, and the village Tower Captain and grand daughter Henrietta Fawcett. In 2011 on St. Georges day, the same 6 bell ringers re-assembled and rang the peal once more.

A split screen video shows the Bell-Ringers on one hand and 'La Dictée'(The Dictation) on the other. La Dictée is a video of the artist being dictated the entire sequence of numbers that makes the Quarter Peal of Grandsire Doubles. The black board is both archetypal and nostalgic symbol, a vehicle of communication, a space for problem solving, pedagogic tool.

An A4 certificate of the Bell-ringing is scaled up by hand into a 2mx1m embroidery.

The project brings together aesthetics of the classroom and local community tradition; bell ringing, craft afternoons, embroidery and quilt making (folk art).