Night Moves

1/17/2018

James, thank you for your further reflections and for the generation of new forms from the original word exchange.
I am very conscious that my participation in this two week virtual residency has so fare been more like a ten day virtual absence! I apologise for this - I am in a perfect storm of deadlines from four different directions which have all coincided with this fortnight and are taking all my waking hours, of which there are far too many. But for the next half hour, with God Speed You Black Emperor! (Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress) as my soundtrack, I have some time to write:

Your reflections on place - and the photographs - are poignant. My places would be Greenham Common (where Dartford Warblers have replaced tactical nuclear missiles in recent years); Burghfield AWE, or more specifically the footpath and gravel pit behind the nuclear bomb factory, where I have been birdwatching for the last ten years; and Cookham - Stanley Spencer's 'village in heaven' - because Stanley was one of my main artist influences at the beginning of my journey back into art-making.

I also enjoyed your selection of phrases. From the various iterations you have taken the word-exchange through, I have selected:

Monetising Freedom
Confrontational Optimism
dangerous people/Dumbocracy
the power of wrong
nature is us all in the end

5 Comments

Susan Francis

1/18/2018 08:41:37 am

Peter - I have been working on a commission with the Stanley Spencer collection at the National Trust property, Sandham Memorial Chapel at the moment - quite the dissentful chap!

James McColl

1/19/2018 12:34:42 am

No apologies needed Peter, I think we found a certain flow in our approach and time restraints + I've enjoyed working on the frays on the day, waking up to responses and posting them late at night.

I'll be working on these placards across the next few days and posting the results. The locations you've selected are very intriguing and I look forward to what you come away with - I've not really got many specific locations in mind yet so it should be interesting to see what happens. Great choices in text, particularly like 'nature is us all in the end'.

James

Peter

1/20/2018 10:45:56 am

Thanks James. Yes, I agree. 'Nature is us all in the end' is something of an outcome from my perspective too. I look forward to seeing the results of your work.

Karen link

1/20/2018 05:24:39 pm

James & Peter
Your collaboration banter has given me much cheer and I am happy to say I have enjoyed reading your words which I think took time to evolve and produce a positive collaborative outcome all from the power of two .... Where you have bounced off each other rather than being dragged down into the impossible time constraints.
I know what locations are important to me and my work mainly city streets and urban landscapes .... I look forward to seeing what comes out of my collaboration with Ashok and following on from your block which I think is a very strong foundation to build from. Karen

Sarah Misselbrook

1/21/2018 08:35:12 am

I have been watching this closely, it's been a fascinating approach to collaborative work. I am starting block III on Tuesday working with Denise. Great inspiration for me from your words/work, particularly 'nature is us all in the end'. Thank you both Peter and James. Sarah.

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