Foreword
Wittgenstein said ‘A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.’ Research is the pull that allows me to get out of the room and into the street, into what’s actually happening in the world. There are as many ways to research as there are artists. From words read in the silence of the British Library to words read on placards while taking part in a demo, it’s research.
Researching reality for me involves ripping photographs out of their context to bring the perpetrators of war and poverty slap bang into the same space as their victims. I want to act as an early warning system, be the canary down the mine. Imagining through images the end ...
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