Unearthed Stories

Unearthed Stories will create a series of small objects prints and collages, describing images and stories of the people and sounds unearthed during the two-day period of the Rhythms of the World festival in Hitchin, Hertfordshire over the 14th and 15th of July 2012.
Combinations of visual responses to sights and sounds combine with memories near or distant to describe an experience existing in adjacent time spaces where no one space has precedence over another.

Combinations of visual responses to sights and sounds combine with memories near or distant to describe an experience existing in adjacent time spaces where no one space has precedence over another.

Building on combinations of the responses over the two days of the residency, these works are designed to become a series pf poster works which advertise glimpses of the sights and sounds of the festival.

Building on combinations of the responses over the two days of the residency, these works are designed to become a series pf poster works which advertise glimpses of the sights and sounds of the festival.

Prints in progress throughout the residency.

Prints in progress throughout the residency.

Creating series of small ‘post-it’ mono-prints in response to the sounds and glimpsed visuals of the festival.

Creating series of small ‘post-it’ mono-prints in response to the sounds and glimpsed visuals of the festival.

The second day was spent outside making observational mono-prints and drawings, which were created in a much quicker way due to the sun and the wind.
These have a livelier more vibrant and playful feel.
Many families came to visit on this day.
This may be combined with one or more of the previous prints so that time can overlap and neither is privileging the other.

The second day was spent outside making observational mono-prints and drawings, which were created in a much quicker way due to the sun and the wind.

These have a livelier more vibrant and playful feel.

Many families came to visit on this day.

This may be combined with one or more of the previous prints so that time can overlap and neither is privileging the other.

The first day was spent working under cover and observing the near and distant sounds from inside the covered area.
It was interesting to observe the sounds from the various stages with their very different kind of music and rhythm.

The first day was spent working under cover and observing the near and distant sounds from inside the covered area.

It was interesting to observe the sounds from the various stages with their very different kind of music and rhythm.

Over the two-day period of the residency the series of similar prints were added to through small observational mono-prints and drawings from the sights and sounds of the world music festival.
These prints were to become as if pages taken from a visual diary of the events at Hitchin Priory over the period.

Over the two-day period of the residency the series of similar prints were added to through small observational mono-prints and drawings from the sights and sounds of the world music festival.

These prints were to become as if pages taken from a visual diary of the events at Hitchin Priory over the period.

During the process of screen-printing discrepancies are allowed to occur through the re-printing over and over of selected areas of the image. Combinations of  map imagery personal sketches and memories will combine over the two-day period to create a series of large and small collaged prints and drawing which will reflect a variety of responses to the music, visuals and impressions of the festival events.
This image is an A2 screen print collage with mono-printed additions which will be worked on along with others similar during the festival period.

During the process of screen-printing discrepancies are allowed to occur through the re-printing over and over of selected areas of the image. Combinations of  map imagery personal sketches and memories will combine over the two-day period to create a series of large and small collaged prints and drawing which will reflect a variety of responses to the music, visuals and impressions of the festival events.

This image is an A2 screen print collage with mono-printed additions which will be worked on along with others similar during the festival period.

Small plaster casts of lost, found, remembered personal objects and artefacts.
The meaning and story within these objects when placed in close proximity to one another is able to be interpreted in a variety of ways dependent upon their physical placement within other images.
The experiences and references of the viewer add other layers and dimensions to the narratives generated between these small things.

Small plaster casts of lost, found, remembered personal objects and artefacts.

The meaning and story within these objects when placed in close proximity to one another is able to be interpreted in a variety of ways dependent upon their physical placement within other images.

The experiences and references of the viewer add other layers and dimensions to the narratives generated between these small things.

small post it note scale mono prints onto hand tinted digital prints and including text using letraset lettering

small post it note scale mono prints onto hand tinted digital prints and including text using letraset lettering