Stories From Forgotten Space
de John Ledger
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À propos du livre
Stories from Forgotten Space, is both real and elaborates on personal experience of given spaces within England. Predominately set in the former industrial heartlands of the areas constituting the former West Riding of Yorkshire, it extends into many other areas within the present day landscape of England. It takes a look at this country through the year leading up to the 2015 General Election. The project isn't averse to the rest of the UK; my journeys didn't make it into Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Using map making as an attempt to (re)engage with experiences of any given place, The Forgotten Space can be interpreted in 2 ways. 1: as an aid to remembering the facts and fictions, clear analyses and emotional garbage, destructive and constructive thoughts which constitute my truth within these journeys. At heart, is a desire to see it reflect/connect with how others react to what they see and experience within the spaces (although I admit to including many idiosyncrasies within the map notes). 2: as an attempt to see geographical space as something we do actually forget. Blanking out the banalities and ignoring injustices, careless to the class and gender-based injuries which play out in a sly manner on streets and in transport terminals. This socio-cultural habit is obscured as we pass through in our daily races, no doubt increasingly zoned-out with the aid of personalised technologies.
Using map making as an attempt to (re)engage with experiences of any given place, The Forgotten Space can be interpreted in 2 ways. 1: as an aid to remembering the facts and fictions, clear analyses and emotional garbage, destructive and constructive thoughts which constitute my truth within these journeys. At heart, is a desire to see it reflect/connect with how others react to what they see and experience within the spaces (although I admit to including many idiosyncrasies within the map notes). 2: as an attempt to see geographical space as something we do actually forget. Blanking out the banalities and ignoring injustices, careless to the class and gender-based injuries which play out in a sly manner on streets and in transport terminals. This socio-cultural habit is obscured as we pass through in our daily races, no doubt increasingly zoned-out with the aid of personalised technologies.
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Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Livres d'art et de photographie
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Format choisi: Lettre US, 22×28 cm
# de pages: 232 - Date de publication: juin 27, 2015
- Langue English
- Mots-clés hauntology, psychogeography, maps, photography, art, social, artist, cognitive mapping, emotional geography
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À propos du créateur
John Ledger
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK
John Ledger is a visual Artist, eternal meanderer and obsessive self-reflector by nature, who can’t help but try to interpret everything from within the tide of society. His works predominantly take the form of large-scale ballpoint pen landscape drawings and map-making as social/psychological note-making. They are slow-forming, but defiant responses; it takes time to truly figure out what he wants to say about our social reality, seeing his works as an attempt at mapping this social/psychological landscape.