Lecture by Andrew Watson
Working as Photographer an teacher at UAL
Andrew’s special interest for British landscapes has been driving his photographic production for many years. Thus, he is quite familiar with research protocols, outcomes, and methods.
He presented to us the photographic research he did on the iconic White Horse Hill
He worked alongside passion driven archaeologists and was there with Simon Callery as “in house artists”.
It appears that anyone working on this prehistorical icon, becomes obsessed unravelling its mystery:
“The mystery of why the horse was created still remains. It can only be seen fully from the air, so perhaps it was a sign to the ancient gods, or a mark of territorial ownership.”
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He then moved to another area of interest, and is currently working on this issue he formulated as « how do modern windmills affect British landscapes? »
He explained that, one reason why this new « green energy » was highly controversial was because it generates “sound pollution”.
As a result, it is impossible to live near them.
In order to understand that matter, Andrew is currently doing windmill’s sound recording.
This shows that, even in photography practise, there is a whole meaningful process of data collecting, and analysis, preceding and predetermining a final work of art.
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Chloe Belloin
MACD
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