Hugh Burden

MY PORTFOLIO: THE EVERYDAY RE-IMAGINED

ENVIRONMENTAL SERIES

'THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL' series explores issues of pollution, climate, domestic and industrial activities, all aggravating an ecological crisis. The images suggested initially by cryptic scenes etched and stained into walls. The messages enhanced by the addition of my own overlaid images.

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Electrical conduit is screwed to a pink and beige stone block wall. Green mosses and growths thriving on the wall resemble a wooded scene. To this landscape some real trees and a metal signpost have been added.
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The background: Pink and beige stone block wall with green mosses and growths looking like a country scene. Trees added enhance the illusion while behind is a building site with large cranes dominating the skyline. The idea is to illustrate unnecessary green field building where brown sights could be used.
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A stone block wall with crumblings stains and mossy deposits looked like a seaside location with cliffs. Between two ‘cliffs’ waves from the ocean bring in general and plastic waste. Above an aircraft passes in the distant one a hilltop village. Many aircraft vapour trails are also in the sky.
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A stone block wall with with dark staines created by water rivulets gives the appearance of a wood copse. To the side is a rusty broken rain drainpipe. Added to the natural scene are grasses by the side of a stream with a buckledbicycle wheel in the water. Water gushes out of the downpipe.
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Old yellow block wall with markings and stains gives the impression of a river with distant hills. Reeds, and small birds in flight overhead complete the riverside illusion. Floating on the water are three poisoned fish drawn towardsd escaping water from a grill in the wall.

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The background is an old crumbling rendered wall. The wall has an electrical box and plastic electrical conduit to the left hand side. The dark staining looks like ocean waves. By adding real waves, overhead swooping seagulls and a dripping tap the rising sea levels message is completed.

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