Bob Clayden: We Gathered our Photographs and Left @ The Art House

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Bob Clayden: We Gathered our Photographs and Left @ The Art House

September 10th, 2013 by fstop

Bob Clayden: We Gathered our Photographs and Left
27 September – 15 November 2013

The images in this exhibition were made over a six month period in and around the former library on Wakefield’s Drury Lane, as the building began a gradual transition from library to art space. Made using a solargraphic technique, pin-hole cameras were placed inside and outside the building to record the changing architecture and sky in single long-exposure images. The images show the trace that the sun makes in the sky, changing each day as the earth rotates and rising as the seasons pass. By looking at the finished solargraph individual days can be seen, just as years can be identified in tree rings. The images have been combined with diary entries and library lending statistics to emphasise this passage of time and mark significant dates in the life of the artist. They echo our love of creating and keeping memories as photographs, whilst also making the passing days visible in a single still image.

Further images from the series can be seen on the hoardings outside the new Library in Wakefield One, on Cliff Lane opposite Create Café.

The Art House
Drury Lane
Wakefield
WF12 2TE

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