Not in Kansas...Hull

I attended the preview for ARC's 'Hullness' exhibition on Friday night, and was excited to see so many of my own photos included, especially the ones of my very own, but often-derided East Hull. It was thrilling to think that people (myself included) will see the photos and may see familiar, and not so familiar, local sights in a whole new light. And that it may influence decisions made about what the City looks like in the future, if the 'powers that be' choose to consider the views of those who live here...so that the actual views might be better.

http://www.arc-online.co.uk/home/whats-on?action=view&id=74

One of my favourite photos in the exhibition is one I originally used in a 'Mr Hockney in Hull' blog post (mrhockneyinhull.blogspot.co.uk) . As I'm intending to re-print all those posts here too (well, it is a museum for myself...I don't just have to write about exhibitions happening now), it seems an ideal opportunity to start with the one partly inspired by that photo...

Over The Rainbow

At around 3pm today, the sky above 'Bigger Trees Near Warter' darkened. It threw eerie shadows through the domed roof across the painting, as if to remind us that the hour was approaching....The last member of the public to see it was as reluctant as we were to leave the forest for the last time. I drew back the curtain and felt like the Pevensie children when they leave Narnia for the last time through the wardrobe and can't return, as I stepped out onto a stormy, rain-soaked Queen Victoria Square. I returned home and, making myself a consolatory brew, looked out of the kitchen window. I was overwhelmed by what I saw, then rushed to grab my camera and umbrella. As Mr Hockney once remarked:  "Nature never lets you down".


(more Hockey and rainbow-related posts coming soon...)