Off The Road
2017
Artist residency at the Cambridge Artworks caravan
I am struck by the absurdity of a caravan going nowhere, so in homage to Jack Kerouac's famous road trip "On The Road" I shall also take a life-enhancing journey and document it via a stream-of-consciousness travelogue. However my journey will be a fictional exploration of inner landscapes and unknown terrains. Each day of the residency I will lock myself into the caravan and "take a trip", metaphorically and descriptively, typing it up in a frenzy of unmediated reportage. At the end of each journey I shall emerge and share the results. As well as writing, I hope to explore some other aspects of travel and caravanning. I will add some custom-made, text-based Go Faster stripes to the outside of the 'van, and perhaps make some road signs and send some postcards. I might bring a fold-up garden chair to sit outside in if the weather is nice. My work wrestles with words - normally other peoples' words. This residency will be an opportunity for me to explore instead my own voice and my own words.
Artist residency at the Cambridge Artworks caravan
I am struck by the absurdity of a caravan going nowhere, so in homage to Jack Kerouac's famous road trip "On The Road" I shall also take a life-enhancing journey and document it via a stream-of-consciousness travelogue. However my journey will be a fictional exploration of inner landscapes and unknown terrains. Each day of the residency I will lock myself into the caravan and "take a trip", metaphorically and descriptively, typing it up in a frenzy of unmediated reportage. At the end of each journey I shall emerge and share the results. As well as writing, I hope to explore some other aspects of travel and caravanning. I will add some custom-made, text-based Go Faster stripes to the outside of the 'van, and perhaps make some road signs and send some postcards. I might bring a fold-up garden chair to sit outside in if the weather is nice. My work wrestles with words - normally other peoples' words. This residency will be an opportunity for me to explore instead my own voice and my own words.
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