“If time is the dimension of change, then space is the dimension of coexisting difference. And that is both a source of nourishment (something that the globalisation gurus seem altogether to have foregone), and a challenge (how to negotiate difference, how to address inequality, and so forth).” (Doreen Massey)
From Hurvin Anderson’s paintings exploring diaspora, through Enrg Hull’s ‘practice in process’ exhibition featuring Matt Hopper’s Intriguing 3D app enabled landscape paintings, the complexity of ‘place’ has been resonating not only in my studio practice (see Humber Docks above), but also in my planning for future underlined project workshops. Our connection with place exists within a context of relationships which is perhaps part of what makes space a dimension of multiplicity and diversity. Not just one person, two places (as in Hurvin Anderson’s art) but one place, many interpretations… the implications of which opens perhaps more questions than answers…
