It's a while since I put any of these up, but they're all still out there, and I keep finding them.
Digbeth, Birmingham, May 2015 |
These four seem to form a meditation on neutral colour, and, in a couple of cases, on the idea of being there and not there. The reality is that all of these examples are details of buildings or businesses that were, (at the time of their being observed), either vacant or defunct. I suppose there is also an definite sense of their representing a form of physical communication that is itself becoming obsolete.
Nottingham, May 2014 |
Certain ideas about redundancy, cancellation, vacancy or extinction seem to preoccupy me (again) at the moment, but I'll let you make your own mind up about any specific associations these motifs may, or may not, evoke.
Nottingham, October 2015 |
One thing is certain, mail box slots constitute a conduit of communication, - an organ of admission into a building or a concern. There is an distinct poignancy about their stopping-up.
Leicester, October 2015 |
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