Very interesting, Stephen, as were the haptics, especially that turn
to the alphabet,
I attended a 'lecture,' really a performance, yesterday by Christine
Stewart at the English Department yesterday, which sort of connects to
your 'homeless blankets' project in intriguing ways:
“A Practice of Reading: Propositions From Under Mill Creek Bridge”
Christine Stewart
This presentation describes a close poetic and archival reading of the
site where Edmonton’s Mill Creek Bridge, the Mill Creek, and the Mill
Creek Ravine meet at 82nd Avenue between 95A Street and 93rd Street.
>From under the Mill Creek Bridge, Christine reads and documents the
various intersections of reaction and interaction--how does the bridge
function as both traffic conduit and a sleeping shelter? What are the
historical, social, political, economic and ecological significances
of the bridge’s structure and purpose? And she also takes in the
surrounding area--the history of the aboriginal people, the history of
the settlement by non-aboriginal people, the railway, contemporary
issues of homelessness, land claims, urban ecology, urban development,
graffiti, alienation and community, homelessness and shelter,
globalization and citizenship, disconnection and connection,
disfigurement and beauty.
She did all of that & more, with a photo collage playing behind her,
but not of the actual palces where some homeless slept at night,
although she never saw them by day. Her project is much larger, but it
included a worry & even shame at invading the private spaces of those
people she knew had no choice but to be in the underbridge at night.
It was a brilliant piece.
Doug
On 20-Nov-09, at 2:57 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
> A photo essay on homeless blankets in and around Dolores Park, San
> Francisco. A project I have been with a few years. Photos, my way of
> exploring objects, when the language comes up way short. A poetry
> without words but a poetry, nevertheless.
>
> Appreciate any comments -
>
> Stephen Vincent
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
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