About the exhibition

Residency information

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
Collages and Drawings

Finding my way in Shanghai.
Online blog

"a remarkable architecture of stairs"
Video (work in progress)

Traces
Limited edition catalogue of works 2010-2012.

One day, around half-way through my residency I noted that I had spent much of my time either above ground in a multi-level building, below ground in the metro system or crossing major road junctions by way of an elevated footbridge.  Henri Lefebvre's Rhythmanalysis of Mediterranean Cities comments on the 'remarkable architecture of stairs' which "rhythm the walk through the city, while at the same time serving as a transition between different rhythms."  This struck a chord, as I realised how my time and rhythm altered between above ground, underground or walking at ground level.

Videos, filmed discreetly using a smartphone camera, chart my transition between these different levels and rhythms, via staircases and escalators.  The rough draft video exhibited here suggests what I intend to achieve - I present it here as a sketch for a piece of work that I will develop on my return home.

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