
From Tarmac to Towpath: Excursions into Lockdown
From Tarmac to Towpath
Chroma Editions (Publisher)
Published on 27. May 2021
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-8380915-2-1 (ISBN)
Description
From Tarmac to Towpath: Excursions into Lockdown is a collection of works created on the streets of London, Lancashire, Cumbria, Newcastle, Glasgow and the Firth of Forth when the UK was in Lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Featuring text and images from 13 artists across the UK, a document of traces emerges formed of spectral walks, psychogeographical encounters, eerie geometries, deserted towpaths, former railway lines, discarded masks, ghostly enclaves and sudden verdures. While boundaries dissolve, everything is muffled and haunted, desperate for re-connection. Dust, rust and peeling paint triggers acknowledgement of hyperawareness. Stunned side streets and somnolent houses (evoked by Graham Greene as, 'the unfamiliar shadows of half-things, broken things, former things') are amongst many captured moments that remind us of the unprecedented emotions and events of life in lockdown.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
90 colour & 18 black and white
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-8380915-2-1 (9781838091521)
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