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      Siôn Parkinson

      Head in the Railings

      64 pages | Black & white | Soft cover | 2005 | Edition of 1,000 copies
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‘I try to get into spaces, ones I convince myself I can fit limbs in. I photograph myself doing it, camera on tripod, timer on camera. I explain each experience, building up a loose taxonomy of the places I’ve been in. From my pillowcase to the shifting shadow of a tree.’ – Siôn Parkinson

Documenting his physical interventions into small spaces with both photographs and text, Head in the Railings is at first glance a series of humorous encounters between the human body and residual architectural spaces. In the process of making familiar the holes, cracks and voids found in buildings and the streets, Parkinson’s images and text examine the sensations of claustrophobia and repulsion, and reveal a disturbing sense of pain and absurdity.


「自分が入れると確信をもてるスペースに入ろうと試みて、自分でその様子を三脚に付けたカメラで撮影している。そしてそれぞれの経験を、ー枕カバーから移動していく木の陰までー自分が収まったスペースのゆるやかな分類を組み立てる為に説明しているんだ。」 Siôn Parkinson

写真とテキストで構成された、肉体を小さなスペースに収める事の記録「Head in the Railings]は一見、人の身体と建物空間に出来た隙間とのユーモアな遭遇のように見える。建物や道路で見つけた穴や亀裂、空間と親しくするプロセス を通じて、彼の写真とテキストは閉所恐怖と嫌悪の感覚を考察し、人の持つ傷みと不条理を妨げる感覚を明らかにしている。
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