Friends,
it has been a long time. Far too long in fact. For the last 2 months I have carried the guilt of not posting. So much excitement has happened as well that i need to tell you about. There have been books published, lightboxes built and degrees completed.
The intensity has been such that I have had to neglect my posting and focus on the task at hand. As something of a holding post I had planned to tell you some amazing things. The first was that one of the images from my project can be found in the new photoworks it is in the back as part of the ad for the Westminster degree show. The excitement continued when i found out that the same ad could be found in the freerange festival catalogue. I have also made a website for my project. Then fever pitch was to be reached as I announced to you that my degree show is currently taking place at the Truman brewer in brick lane.
But all these things are foot notes (albeit ones that will be elaborated on in due course) because what i want to tell you about is a most heinous act on the part of some immoral, cowardly and deceitful soul.
This person visited the opening of my degree show on Thursday night along with hundreds of others. While everyone else was enjoying the work and a glass of well deserved wine this disgraceful example of humanity was prowling by the book stand. While there they picked up the book I had made, placed it about their person and left. To put it simply by book has been stolen.
Lets put this in perspective. Theft of such an object is a totally inexcusable act. First of all there is no monetary value to the book. Unless it is a long term investment predicated on my future success this book has little re sale value. You will not see it on an auction site for huge sums of money. The malice of the crime is accentuated by the fact this is not the book of a professional artist. This work, along with all on display, is not the product of a funding grant. rather it is the result of hard work, sacrifice and in many cases extended overdrafts and credit cards. More so than other types of work this is the product of heart, soul and love. To take it represents a callous, selfish act that displays no appreciation for the person who made the work.
I was suitably devastated by the theft and have been left to dwell on it for a few days. Fortunately i have other work in display so if you can get over to London you can still see the results of my hard work. But if you do go spare a moment for what your missing.
