War Primer – 1 & 2

mickyates ContextualResearch, Critical Research Journal, Critical Theory, Documentary, FinalMajorProject, FMPWeek15, Photography 1 Comment

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 …

A Constructed Image

mickyates Aftermath, Audience, Cambodia, Critical Research Journal, Documentary, Ethics, Exhibition, FinalMajorProject, FMPWeek15, Genocide, Holocaust, Ideas, Installation, Journalism, Landscape, Narrative, Photography, Practice, Project Development, Time, Traces, Unfinished Stories 3 Comments

As I am closing in on the final choices and hanging plan – and nearing the time that I need to write a Critical Review – it seems appropriate to summarise some of my thought processes. Unfinished Stories aims to put previously unheard personal memories into a new collective memory, reinforced by a reconstruction of events through photography. This is …