Thursday 17 December 2009

London Poem Projcet

As a part of the City and Culture brief series, is to choose a poem about the city of London and he Undergrounds from "London Poems"and to develop a series of images in B/W that illustrate the idea and the meaning of the poem, according to own interpretation.
I have used a 35mm Colorsplash Camera Chakras, a B/W .
The poem
"Round and round the London Underground" by Sylvia Chidi

Round and round the London Underground
Interrupted by the braking screeching sounds
Round and round the circle line

The London underground
With its stops is an elongated list
Drunks battle in tunnels with open fists
Hidden somewhere is a network of CCTV Cameras
Recording your every move from afar
Watch out for the picker-pockets, I insist
They swindle even the most experienced tourist

Inside the trains, shine disoriented faces
Bodies usually squeezed into tight spaces
'Please stand clear of the door'
It is an advice not yet a law

Stations by station, trains pass by
Stuck in a tunnel, let out a sigh
Train timetables from my perception
Is regularity, and a common deception

Round and round the London Underground
Interrupted by the braking screeching sounds
Round and round the circle line

Bored, read the metro
It is free, when displayed on show
For those who know
Where to go
Plan your alternative routes
Prepare for train strikes and disputes
Check out the cancellation signs
May your journey be divine!

My images was inspired by Robert Frank in his process described as a "visual autobiography", and consists largely of personal photographs. However, he largely gave up "straight" photography to instead create narratives out of constructed images and collages, incorporating words and multiple frames of images that were directly scratched and distorted on the negatives. None of this later work has achieved an impact or notoriety comparable to that which The Americans achieved. As some critics have pointed out, this is perhaps because Frank began playing with constructed images more than a decade after Robert Rauschenberg The Americans, Frank's later images simply were not beyond the pale of accepted technique and practice by that time.
introduced his silkscreen .



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