Heavy duty

15kg of pushchair, 8kg of daughter, food, toys, cream, nappies, crayons, papers, books, plastic bags, clothes, bibs, sunglasses, dummies, rain cover, cardigans, the monkey, all being pushed by me and my soul all day long around the city.

THE HOUSE OF THE VERNACULAR curated by Martin Parr- Fabrica Oct 2010

The house of vernacular. uhuh...

 I had the chance to see this exhibition yesterday at Fabrica after I run The Artist Parents Group. It was very curious to see Fabrica like this, I wouldn't thought I was in the gallery, every single room was a little gallery, lovely decorated matching with the people in the pictures and their cultures and traditions. I liked all the rooms but in particular it caught my eye and my thought the room with the babies and toddlers photographs. Strange room, very bright with light carpet, and mint or blue pastel walls. It felt like being in a nursery. It was all quiet, no noise, no screaming, no crying, like if someone had frozen all those babies. Weird feeling. They were all possing, not very excactly cute children, they were quite disturbing actually, nothing pretty, but they were babies and I think just for that they should be lovely? I found the room quite chessy actually and also the backgrounds in the pictures.

Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN 2010 / Closer by Stuart Griffiths - Phoenix Oct 2010

 

Brighton Photo Fringe
OPEN 2010 / Closer by Stuart Griffiths.

Another war pictures related theme exhibition, for the last two years there are always pictures showing war images in the Photo Fringe. I'm not sure if I like or respect those kind of pictures because of their fotographic quality or because the vulnerability shown in the image. I liked the scale of the pictures, they made the gallery their own place, it was like if those people in the pictures where telling a story to all of us, the true story of what war means. I'm probably too ignorant to understand war or why people want to fight, but since I have started to seeing war pictures in different exhibitions I'm more aware of the dark side of wars. I find those kind of pictures senseless, it shows a reality a sad one, but nobody can do anything about it. I feel fustrated because of them and feel i can't do anything to help. Is war something boring?? I will give myself another chance and visit another war theme related show to see if I get another impressions.