JAMES SMITH – TEMPORAL DISLOCATION
2013-02-04Smith uses photography to capture evidence of man’s contemporary and historical relationship with landscape, and the nuances of activity that are made manifest by edifices and constructions within it. From Brutalist architecture to towering stacks of hay, these dislocated forms of quasi ‘sculptures’ are evidential signs of power, class and labour.
Temporal Dislocation explores the fine line between stability and impermanence, and the inexorably cyclical nature of the physical environment after human intervention. A primary intent of the work is to expose how form follows function in order to reveal the inherent aesthetics and resonances contained within that of ‘the found’.
Underpinning the work is a desire to bridge the divide between the photographer’s explicit framing of the constructed landscape and the casual viewer’s benign, unknowing or unconscious dismissal of its functions and attributes.
Exhibition runs through till March 8th, 2013
Photofusion
17A Electric Lane
London
Brixton
SW9 8LA
