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In Fullboren
By: Jayne Wilson
In this new collaboration Jayne Wilson and Richard Rowland combine their parallel approaches of drawing and photography to create a project that, in juxtaposing time and place, past and present, public and private ,describes the scenes and narratives of Fullboren. A fictional New Town.
Jayne Wilson
Brighton based artist Jayne Wilson and Photographer Richard Rowland
# 2 [8 September 2008]
As with all the best building projects ours is stumbling on the initial ‘Planning Permission’ and is delayed indefinitely due to life’s technicalities. However the foundations remain solid and the plans are on the table hoping for work to resume.
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AD 1974, 'Architectural sketch'. Planning Milton Keynes
# 1 [11 August 2008]
It was an unexpected notion the idea of collaborating. But after a day of banter (over exhibition hanging) our parallel interests and complimentary experiences collided in an idea of combining our practices. A couple of months on and we have Fullboren. We have what we think is a shared vision of what the final work will be. We have a shared joy of the discoveries of research and the thrill of believing that where our ideas overlap it will work. We think that we know what we expect of each other in terms of time, effort, reliability, quality - all critical to this working. But still we have only known each other for a matter of weeks. This dialogue will document our journey to Fullboren. It started with a list of words. Aspirations, new town, stage, time, place, communication, interaction, tableaux, Milton Keynes. Now we have a new list of subjects’ psychogeography, public information films, bricolage, staffage, Iain Sinclair ….and an eclectic mix of research images. JW
Well this is new for me - collaborating with Jayne in the making of new work and pushing me into working beyond the purely photographic. I’m really excited by the proposition - both the collaborating on ideas and the actual production of work. She’s has a very creative mind and generates ideas through a variety of means and in many ways. It’s fascinating to observe the way an artist using eclectic material can approach a subject. A collaboration is going to keep me on my toes! My practice is becoming increasingly embedded in the digital age, which is ideally suited to strategies of collage/bricolage/tableaux. We’re still exploring our ideas and experiences around urban spaces, history, social history, the psychology of place and new subjects or areas of interest continue to creep into the conversations. We both have other arts projects on the go and commercial work too (got to live somehow!) so it’s going to be a juggling act. RR