Parliament

Stigma, 2010

Common words associated with Fire Bricks are Insulation, Protection, Shield. Legislation alludes to similar constructs. Unfortunately there are those who still choose to stigmatise and discriminate against ‘Others’ who are different. Our language is perjorative, with ‘What is wrong with…?’ still in common usage. To stigmatise is to mark out or brand. Those with disabilities have always been marked out or branded, separated or ‘cleansed’. From exile to extermination everyone gets burnt by stigma.

One fire brick is: 14cm x 7cm x 3cm and weighs approximately 170grams

(photograph courtesy of Alex Beaton Photography)

Another Time Another Place

Trekking III

Trekking II

Trekking

All the things I lost No.s 7- 15

Those Pesky Cyanotypes

A long time ago I made a series of blueprint text works - some went into the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. I had forgotten how difficult they were to do till i re-tried the process.

Proto Ouch

This was the first version of Ouch - just found it in the back catalogue.

Once a Catholic

Communcation

In the modern world we have ways of keeping communication to a minimum or controlling it. I feel it has become cheapened or under valued. We don't really communicate anymore really. We text cos it avoids real contact (i know the argument of it's the economics etc of language), we can filter our e-mails to only allow some people through. No one writes letters anymore. We dump by text, we reject through e-mails.....This one is for Volker as promised.

Letterpress, 2010.

The embossing on this paper was difficult to scan - apologies for image

ON THE BRINK

We all get there at various times in our live s for a multitude of reasons. Sometimes we need to go there and only realise why when we are safely back away from it (the brink). Right now I wish there was more space around the days, that might keep me from straying too close.