30/03/2020 – 05/06/2020
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. – Paul Strand
my assignment is to investigate and respond to my home territory, in the form of images and text, to produce a personal view of my place of isolation
it would be hard to ignore the current state of the world as this project comes at an unprecedented time with the virus currently spreading, and deaths quickly rising. At this time our surroundings and our relationship to them is greatly heightened with the current restrictions on movement in the country.
Jem Southam : standing still and paying close attention will reveal as many riches as charging around the globe
An aim of this project is to develop that level of attentiveness to imagine and communicate inventively.
From Relph, E (1976) Place and Placelessness
- Place involves an integration of elements of nature and culture
- Places are emerging or becoming; with historical and cultural change – new elements are added and old elements disappear. Thus, places have a distinct historical element.
- Both remembered and currently significant places are essentially concentrations of meaning and intention.
- The static physical setting, the activities, and the meanings constitute the three basic components of places.
- Basic to place is the creation of an inside that is separate to an outside. It is the difference between safety and danger, cosmos and chaos, enclosure and exposure, or simply here and there.
Alex's Photos & Thoughts 