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| Untitled Study ['Deleuzian Cartography'], Paper Collage & Mixed Media on Paper, 300 mm x 300 mm, 2024 |
It had been my intention to spend the summer months trying to bring my ‘The Basin’ project closer to a resolution. Primarily, this would have involved a considerable amount of writing/re-writing, alongside the selection and editing of accompanying images from the vast archive of photos taken down in Bristol over the last year or two. However, ‘The best laid plans’, etc…
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| This & Following 14 Images: Sketchbook Study ['Deleuzian Cartography'], Paper Collage & Mixed Media on Paper, 180 mm x 180 mm, 2024 |
The scarcity of posts on here lately suggests that perhaps I was a bit done with generating words for a while, without realising it. For someone so habitually verbose, it is also true that sometimes I just get sick of the sound of my own voice! And so the last few months actually became focussed on purely visual work - with no connection to Bristol at all in the event. Who knows what dictates these swerves? With no external expectations or deadlines to fulfil over any of this, I guess I should be grateful for the luxury of just being able to drift wherever the creative currents carry me - even if it means some things can remain provisional for too long (drifting, in the psychogeographic sense is itself a likely theme of these tentative images). Anyway, as ever, the main thing is that work continues in whatever form. And having invested a lot of time, effort and travel expenses, I still feel committed to my Bristol-based project(s). I’m sure ‘The Basin’ will re-emerge as a live issue before long.
In the meantime, here are some indications of my most recent imagery, mostly in the form of experimental sketchbook studies - along with a few slightly larger pieces on paper. As can be seen, there is a degree of experimentation going on here, utilising many of my customary collage/mixed-media strategies in the attempt to reach-out towards some kind of fluid/intuitive alt-cartography. The intention (such as one can be identified) is to chart the tension between organised territory, and the flights, flows and memories which may may re-dissolve the lines on the map (or calendar).
In addition to these starting points, a small number of more resolved panels have also resolved themselves to date. I’ll save those for another post soon, in the interests of being a little more communicative.
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| This & Following Image: Untitled Study ['Deleuzian Cartography'], Paper Collage & Mixed Media on Paper, 300 mm x 300 mm, 2024 |
