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Carol P. Sherman.

Following the trip to the Biennale, a few hours after my flight home to England, I met up with Stuart to discuss my learning so far in this year. Following an accident that happened when I was younger, I developed epilepsy and almost complete memory loss from my childhood. Almost a decade later, I have decided I want to talk about it. I am unsure if it was the accident or the epilepsy which damaged my memory of my childhood. Looking through photographs now, I feel almost deprived of any childhood recollections, do photographs bring back memories? No. Do they convince me of memories I think I have? Yes. They convince me of a ‘false reality’ of my former self. I do not remember, but photos bring back memories of being told stories of when they were taken, the fact that I was the subject of the event and/or the photo, is irrelevant to my [lack of] recollection. On the flight home, I had the privilege of sitting next to an MA Fine Art student named Ije Amanda Carr. She asked me what my practice is so I started discussing what I was doing this module and that I was fascinated by memory and what happened to me. Ije, too, is fascinated by memory so she was able to direct me into some readings. Ije mentioned how an artist she knows fabricated a completely new childhood for a transgender friend who had the childhood of a boy which pained her to look at as she was now a woman. I discussed this with Stuart who has worked with the artist, named Carol P. Sherman, and kindly gave me her email address. My email to which I am awaiting a response is as follows: “Good Afternoon! I hope this email finds you well. My name is Larissa, I am currently a BA (Hons) Art & Design Student at BIAD, Margaret Street, Birmingham. I have been put into contact with you from Stuart Whipps following meeting Ije Amanda Carr on a flight home from Venice on Friday - I really hope you do not mind me contacting you. My practice has took a rather personal turn and your work particularly about the fabrication of a transgender childhood came into conversation with myself and Ije. Following an accident as a young teenager, I developed memory loss and epilepsy, from this, I lost most of my childhood. I have two memories between the age of 2 and 11 and now my practice is helping me explore my identity, and from what I have learned, being able to discuss your work with you would benefit me greatly, and I hope I may benefit you in some small way too, if you have the time to of course. I would have great pleasure and appreciation if you could meet me for a coffee and a talk about this particular work? I am mostly flexible and would come to meet you where and when is best for you. Failing that, I am happy to do it over email if you are busy and still happy to discuss this. I really look forward hearing back from you. Best wishes, Larissa E. Shaw” To be continued upon reply...

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http://flattimeho.org.uk/exhibitions/stuart-whipps-birth-springs-death-falls/

Stuart Whipps at Flat Time House, the old home of John Latham

Such a simple yet effective arrangement for the exhibition invitation card, Flat time house is a perfect example of fusing the home with an exhibition space - it functions as a space for living, a studio to make work and an exhibition space, all at once.

FTHo’s blurb on the show--

Although the archive was Stuart's starting point, the trajectory of his investigation disassembles any archival categorisation or order by collapsing the representation of historical events and their material evidences into one body of work. Birth Springs, Death Falls positions alongside each other representations of geographical phenomena both naturally occurring such as the Victoria Falls as well as the man-made shale bings and to scale replica of the waterfall built by "Paraffin" Young in Scotland. Stuart's exhibition traces a complex genealogy between the various geological and historical characters by adapting established modes of presentation stretching from landscape photography through to museological framing.