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| All Original Images: Lincoln Eastern Bypass, July 2022 - April 2023 |
In my previous post I explained how repeat recreational cycle rides along the eastern section of Lincoln's Road Bypass have turned into something with far more artistic intent. It shouldn't really be any surprise - that's essentially how much of my work has been triggered in recent times.
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| All Photo-Manipulations: April 2023 |
I also outlined the role that found texts are already playing in my response to this typically 'Edgeland' environment. The layers of text may be less concentrated here than in the centre of town, but it is a labelled landscape nonetheless. In fact, the informational and directive nature of most of the texts here underline the essential functionality of this place, and are therefore integral to its purpose.
However, beyond the bald, infrastructural imperatives at work in these legends, it's impossible not to also find an obliquely allusive poetry in them when tuning into the strange, detached resonances of the bypass and its surroundings. Fresh thoughts are triggered, unexpected connections begin to form - and new narratives start to coalesce as a result. Some may be more deeply personal than I could ever have predicted.
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