Week Fifteen Reflections

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It has been a pretty heavy week, planning the BRLSI show, starting to write about my practice (and how I got to the FMP work). Paul Clements, as ever, has been helpful, as have my Cromarty friends. Just 6 weeks to the show, and 7 weeks to handing in all of the necessary documents. But my reflection of the week …

War Primer – 1 & 2

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The work of Broomberg & Chanarin has often featured in my critical reviews, alongside that of Sophie Ristelhueber, in the context of using traces to document aftermath. There are many other aspects of their work which is fascinating and inspirational. I intend to use their War Primer 2 as part of next week’s lecture at the University of Leeds. There …