A Return To Source
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Do You Ever Wonder
Dubshack. Leeds LS6 - LS1 (1995-7) |
A Return To Source
Boston Manor. London.(2026) |
All the works held within this archive, bar Exit 9 (1996) derive from a single piece I created in 1997 on the streets of Leeds. Whilst I was living out in Utrecht Holland my good friend and writer 'IF' introduced me to the art of tagging. Back in the albion I began placing stickers featuring hand written tags on everything, everyone, everywhere.
These developed into these into different formats and stlyes, including digital prints, and sequences featuring small sequential movements like a filmstrip, or the pages of a flipbook layed out. I was living in the 'Golden Triangle' at the top of Headingly at the time, and one road went all the way into the City. During the day I would prepare mixtapes and stickers during the night I would paint my soundtrack on to the abandoned streets of Leeds
the scores i could hear on to walls
I would paint clusters of stickers which I called notes, on to the streets. It was like painting the music i was hearing. It was like paint a musical score. Barely visable at first but each night it got louder and louder, like turning the volume up until you couldnt ignore it anymore.
Making work is often thinking time, and this allowed me that deep thinking space from where the two questions that have led my practice forwards formed. So this work is form of homage to my 27 year old self, who having left artschool, took that risk and followed his intuition, asked those questions, and began seeking and making. For me it's a Return To The Source or the first mark in my work.
This first test piece was placed 25th April 2026. Work which follows can be seen here
These developed into these into different formats and stlyes, including digital prints, and sequences featuring small sequential movements like a filmstrip, or the pages of a flipbook layed out. I was living in the 'Golden Triangle' at the top of Headingly at the time, and one road went all the way into the City. During the day I would prepare mixtapes and stickers during the night I would paint my soundtrack on to the abandoned streets of Leeds
the scores i could hear on to walls
I would paint clusters of stickers which I called notes, on to the streets. It was like painting the music i was hearing. It was like paint a musical score. Barely visable at first but each night it got louder and louder, like turning the volume up until you couldnt ignore it anymore.
Making work is often thinking time, and this allowed me that deep thinking space from where the two questions that have led my practice forwards formed. So this work is form of homage to my 27 year old self, who having left artschool, took that risk and followed his intuition, asked those questions, and began seeking and making. For me it's a Return To The Source or the first mark in my work.
This first test piece was placed 25th April 2026. Work which follows can be seen here
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Wall Score
Leeds 1997 |
Note
Headingly Leeds 1997 |
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