The Reserve of Dead Swiss is an installation featuring forty-two photographic portraits depicting men, women and children of varying ages. Each photograph is framed, placed on a shelf and positioned so that it leans against the wall behind it. Electric lamps are clipped to the top edge of each frame and bent down to direct their light onto the faces of those portrayed. The photographs are arranged at regular intervals on three rows of shelving, and each row is lined with bunched lengths of light-coloured fabric, some of which is patterned or adorned with embroidery