The series “MySpace” explores
commonly disregarded spaces left to wither
from a different era.
Although sad, lonely and forgotten at the same time these spaces
radically refuse regeneration. There is a stubbornness inherent
in their negation of the modern world. Yet there is a sense
of futility to their struggle.
The photographer has chosen to document the immediate area around
Whitecross Street in Clerkenwell, London; an area of intense regeneration.
Underlining this work is the catch-22 of the contemporary city – the
poorer areas are fed money to regenerate, yet regeneration often
pushes
the poor into exile. Shop-keepers can no longer afford rents, neither
can residents. A community disappears.
The spaces documented in this series are awaiting their re-fit. They
stand as cracks in the polished veneer of the affluent city. Their
existence reminds us of a silent exodus. Soon these spaces will be
glossed over, their value increased, their memory forgotten. Relics
of an analogue world soon to be digitised.
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