We took these photos with our face's against a glass cabinet that was stood against a brick wall. when I looked at the photos on the large screen of the computer I thought they would look good mirrored and placed back to back.
Mirror Image
There are two sides to every story. Try to see both sides of
the person see them as a whole rather than just what you want to see, try and
see both points of view. Towns, cities and countries could be viewed in the
same way. Jan Williams and Chirs
Teasdale from the Caravan Gallery seem to work on the theme that there is more
to a town than their “attractions”. They will take a look around the back at
what is really going on to see both sides.
The Inside out project could be seen in the same way. JR is
asking us to take another look, look deeper don’t take things at face value.
Could art change the world and the way people see each other and question what
you take for granted. Where you stand depends on what you see.
Take Blackpool for
instance, where you stand really does depend on what you see. Stand in front of
the tower and you will see a marvel of British engineering that skilled men
shed blood, sweat and probably a few tears to build. Look to the side and you
will see shop after shop covered in florescent lit plastic signs filled with
cheap tack and sugary sweets, but if you look beyond the plastic tack you will
see some amazing architecture, buildings built with skill and attention to
detail. Blackpool only seems to have one street, one road of so called
“attractions”. Go round the back and immediately things start to change from
the bright lights and bustle to cheap hotels. The further you go the cheaper
and seedier they get with dodgy back streets, empty shops and wasteland.
Look into the mirror and you will see a face, a façade, a
front. Slowly move closer and slowly you will see the wrinkles, the pimples, the
spots and imperfections appear before you, but are they imperfections or are
they all part of the bigger picture, part of who we are, the building blocks of
the face, the façade, and the front? What we see changes who we are; when we
are together the whole thing is much more than the sum of the parts. My three
images could be described as inside out or a mirror image.
JR “my wish. Use art to turn the world inside out. Can art
be used to change the world. Be the change”.
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