Damned… I missed the forum before it shut. My road map/plan is to within the next 3 weeks carry on with the lockdown shoot exploring football stadium on my bike,whilst researching and introducing the next phase of the project that I think I will make up project as I move forward.As a direct result of shooting my football project I have been exploring the Estate Pub,an institute provided as part of the post war social housing experiments.Often in a state of repair these days my aim is to celebrate the ones still used as a hub of the communities they were designed for or in the case of some which have opened up for use of wider communities.
Unfortunately or not this as sparked a more personal idea and having gained feedback from my tutor Laura is one I intend to pursue that links all three areas.
My Grandfather who I know little about was a steward of Working Men Clubs in the UK. My experience of them was gained via my own father who used them frequently.At the age of 18 I was bought membership,to me it was an anathema,the complete opposite of my forward thinking teenage self ! It represented all that was wrong in a microcosm.
I’d like to explore how come that attitude prevailed at the time and how important they really were,what role they played in working class lives and how more importantly how well they have progressed and adapted.I know now they have and see it as a great way to explore a microcosm of working class history,feminism and gentrification.
I’ve drawn a little diagram for the roadmap going forward,based on Heath Robinson it’s a kind of working method.
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