Monthly Archives: June 2015

MA Interim Show

My prints arrived and I am pleased with them. The photo shows them in their wrapping but they are mat and that works well. Once I checked them over I then labelled them with my details and repackaged them. There … Continue reading

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Project 12: Public landscapes – monuments and spectacles

In this set of images I’ve tried to inject a sense of disability in relation to history and the monuments around us, and in photos that I would class as spectacles. This first one is a peach! This rather obvious … Continue reading

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MA Interim show

As I have been working on all the aspects of the MA Interim (ie first year) show a nagging little thought has been popping up. Is it fair for a 57 year old retiree to take space from younger people … Continue reading

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Light, space and scale

Well it’s been quite a stressful time recently. My son’s have been trying to buy a flat in Bow since February and the exchange dates kept on having to be put back because of solicitor snags and I’ve been having … Continue reading

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Project 12: Public landscapes – walls and floors

Whereas the last images I posted for this project were quite obvious in their reference to disability this first one is much more ambiguous. I used a scanner image of the type I experimented with in project 9 for this … Continue reading

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Emily Allchurch – 2

I enjoyed a great presentation by Emily Allchurch yesterday. She took us through her conceptual and practical approaches in some detail included touching on the economics of her practice. The presentation was online via Skype and Google Hangouts and worked … Continue reading

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Interim exhibition and compromise

I’ve been working on ideas of what to present in the first year interim exhibition to take place at Camberwell in July and the process has involved more thinking than doing. Firstly I have come to realise that the meaning … Continue reading

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Tanya and Richard

A virtual friend of mine (Tanya) sent me a link  to some work of Richard Long. Hi Pete, How’s things? Hope you are well. I was reading this for info on Richard Long (thought I might stop by his ‘line’ … Continue reading

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Iconology

I read a short essay entitled Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance by Panofsky today. I was drawn to the article by the title and my current project. Moreover the essay was first written in … Continue reading

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Project 12: Public landscapes – shops

I’ve tried using the same approach as in my last post in these next few images but whereas the last shots were of a suburban landscape these are all shop and shopping related. I’ve tried to be a little different … Continue reading

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