The Girl and The Boy (after a year and a half)

After a year and a half, the story of The Girl and The Boy is approaching an end.

All of The Boy on Cecilia Road has finally disappeared, the documentation photos being the only thing left to remind us of its existence. Around the corner The Girl at Hackney Downs Junction still battles against the elements - in tatters, the images slowly fading and disappearing, the loose paper moving in the wind. Two of the images have almost half gone, the third is fighting on.

The Girl and The Boy - February 2013

The Boy (after fifteen months)

Walking down Cecilia Road a couple of days ago, I noticed there is now only one image of The Boy remaining...

The Boy - November 2012

The Landscape (after one month)

The Landscape is a site-specific photo installation, selected as part of the public art programme Patio Projects at WW Gallery, Hackney.

After one month, when it came to de-installing the work, this was how The Landscape looked.

The Girl and The Boy (after a year)

A year on, you can see The Girl and The Boy curling at the edges, the blacks have started to fade, the effect of the rain is showing more and more. One of the posters in The Boy has disappeared entirely, another torn, continues to move in the wind. The 'Fun Fair' posters in The Girl have been removed leaving only a faint hint of their existence.

The Girl and The Boy - August 2012

The Landscape - Private View

A few photos from the Opening of The Landscape at WW Patio Projects.

The Landscape

The Landscape is a site-specific photo installation, selected as part of the public art programme Patio Projects at WW Gallery, Hackney.

The wall of the patio space is transformed into a photographic montage of landscapes. The relationship between the photographs, and how they intercept with the urban landscape of Hackney Downs, is central to the piece, the proximity of one affecting the reading of the other. Through use of a perspex mirror, the passer by can see themselves simultaneously in both environments. 

The exhibition runs from 2 August - 2 September 2012, and is open 24/7.

 Installing The Landscape at WW Patio Projects

The Girl and The Boy on Google maps

The Girl on Cecilia road and The Boy at Hackney Downs Junction have made it onto Google maps street view.

The Girl and The Boy (after nine months)

Nine months on a little more of The Boy has started to pull away from the board, and some new posters have appeared on The Girl - 'Fun Fair at London Fields'

 The Girl and The Boy - May 2012

The Family

Published in the May 2012 issue of Hackney Citizen (a free local newspaper), The Family looks out from the bottom corner of a page. Posing for a family portrait, their gaze off kilter, the hidden source of distraction interrupts what would otherwise be the 'perfect portrait', and evokes in the viewer a feeling of shared experience and emotion. 

The Family in the Hackney Citizen

The Girl and The Boy (after eight months)

Eight months on, the 'discover amazing talents in your local area' posters have disappeared from The Girl, and one image in The Boy has started to fall away. With the lower half of the image no longer there, the remaining piece moves in the wind, the boy still looking ahead. 

The Girl and The Boy - April 2012

The Girl and The Boy (after seven months)

Seven months on, the shop at Hackney Downs junction has changed, and two small posters have been added to The Girl - 'discover amazing talents in your local area'. The Boy remains untouched. 

The Girl and The Boy - March 2012

The Girl and The Boy (after three months)

Three months on, the grass has been cut, the trees are losing their leaves, the bike has lost its saddle, but The Girl at Hackney Downs Junction and The Boy on Cecilia Road, Dalston, remain untouched.

 

The Dance and The Outing

The Dance and The Outing are included in the group exhibition The Trace, at HKD Marine Studios, as part of MargatePhotoFest. The Dance is presented in a display case which had been left in the gallery by the previous exhibitors, and The Outing is projected onto the gallery wall from an old slide projector. 

 The Outing in Margate

The Dance in Margate

The Siblings and The Outing in Margate