A photography-based installation by Margaret Dawson has been created for the High Street Project Gallery partly to celebrate the architectural features of the room and partly to acknowledge the influence of sculptor the late John Dean.I have worked with a very helpful and able team of people to realise this installation, it would not have happened without them. So I wish to thank : 'T.T.' the Electrician; Jose for lots; Malcolm for making and lending lighting equipment: Shaun for photography and being the' right hand' man; Jess and Nick for tin opening; Steve for Panel beating; Kennedy for solving a big problem and making adaptations; Toni for her idea, Richard P for his discussions, Richard J for computer operation, and also the many places and people that saved their tins especially Judy and Bethan.
I said in my proposal that this will not be the usual photographic exhibition, that the framing device surrounding the photographs could take over. The notion of containment and repetition will be reiterated in the materials used to make the structures, and a controlling mechanism in the photographs. 70's performance art pervades. Movement, Light. Repetition again. I want the act of looking into the framing devices to be an exploration and an experience.
Preview: Tuesday July 29 at 5.30. Exhibition runs from July 30 - August 11.