In tutorial with Steffi Klenz I introduced my idea about Dungeness for environment project. I showed my test shoots and bring two ideas:
- · How landscape was dwarfed by massive power stations
- · To reveal weird Dungeness landscape
Steffi gave some artist names and I done research. Firstly I took book from our library – Nigel Green “Dungeness”. He is a British artist who spends a year photographing in and around power station of Dungeness. It is really similar to my first idea. But later I confronted with some difficulties. In our days these power stations are very protected and they not allow any visitors inside or around it. So it will be very hard to reveal these monstrosities.
Nigel Green picture from his book "Dungeness"
After this my ideas look very weak and with second one I really don’t know what I want to say to viewer?
Another book that Steffi recommended was – Erasmus Schroter “Bunker”. It is amazing book with great images! German photographer refers to the colours he uses to appropriately show off the bunkers and bastions of the beaten “Fortress Europe” - or, more precisely, its relics - as "obscene colors".
Erasmus Schroter picture from his book "Bunker"
I was inspired of this artist and now my idea developed to specific environment – war environment. It will be good task for me to find these historical – political, weird buildings. Firstly I will go where I started – to Dungeness. One of strange war structures are exactly there – Sound mirrors.
Tacita Dean explores the elastic nature of time and space, and is intrigued by futuristic-looking abandoned buildings that have been ‘left to leach their enigmatic energies into the surrounding territory.
Tacita Dean - Sound mirrors, 1999
Next steps after sound mirrors structures will be bunkers search around Kent coast. I've heard that there are still a lot of them left. I want to visit maunsell forts as well. It depends on my circumstances when I will go there.
Image from wikipedia
No comments:
Post a Comment