[untitled]

graphite & putty eraser/20x30cm

Continuing with the general sequence of drawings processed, re-mediated, from photographic sources, although with this particular example departing from the series of 1960s print media advertisements. There remains, however, a certain vintage quality to the original image, in this instance sourced immediately (as itself already re-mediated, at some stage of proceedings, from physical print into digitized form) from the ‘modern nostalgic’ blog, a resource chanced-upon, as is so often the serendipitous way, whilst engaging in an image search, & featuring a wealth of such material, re-contextualized & de-contextualized, presented mostly without explanation or indeed any textual information, purely, one might assume, for aesthetic reasons, forming in itself a considerable & visually fascinating archive with its own intriguing formal narrative.

The appearance of the figures in the image also invites a speculative narrative, of course: who might they be (with their facial features shrouded & particularly their eyes obscured, a significant aspect of their visual, visible human being, recognizable physical form aside, is denied to us, for all that they pose as if for a portrait photograph), against what (or at least the threat of) are they protected, from what/where have they emerged or are otherwise prepared to enter? - such questions naturally occur...

Soundtrack:


Jesca Hoop 'Kismet' & 'Hunting My Dress'
Belle & Sebastian 'Push Barman to Open Old Wounds'
Lambchop 'Nixon' & 'OH (ohio)