I Can See a Star!
Observing our home's progress around the nearest star using 'The Wheel of the Year' as a solar calendar.
Time's passing is marked using the familiar solar events of the equinoxes (around 21 March and September) and solstices (around 21June and 21 December) and the less familiar cross quarter days of Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasa (Lammas) and Samhain. On each of the eight, I spent the day photographing wherever I happened to find myself, selecting one photograph per day to show the passage of the year.
- Winter Solstice, 09.39, 21 Dec 23 - Dungeness, KENT
- Imbolc, 10.34, 1 Febuary 24 - Brixton, LONDON
- Spring Equinox, 13.31, 20 March 24 - Marlow, BUCKS.
- Beltane, 09.16, 1 May 24 - Crystal Palace, LONDON
- Summer Solstice, 04.58, 21 June 24 - Ayot ST Peter, HERTS.
- Lughnasa, 15.44, 1 August 24 - Chepstow, MONMOUTH
- Autumn Equinox, 14.55, 22 Sep 24 - Maidenhead, BUCKS
- Samhain, 10.05, 31 October 24 - Brockwell Park, LONDON
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winter solstice
09.39, 22 December
Dungeness, Kent
imbolc
10.34, 1 February
Brixton, London
spring/vernal equinox
13.31, 20 March
Marlow, Bucks.
beltane
09.16, 1 May
Crystal Palace, London
summer solstice
04.58, 21 June
Ayot St Peter, Herts.
lughnasa
Chepstow, Monmouth.
15.44, 1 August
autumn equinox
Maidenhead, Bucks.
14.55, 22 September
samhain
Brockwell Park, London
10.05, 31 October
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I displayed the work in Brockwell Park's Walled Garden in South London on the Shortest Day of the year, the Winter Solstice. At the centre of the Garden is a circular fountain with a low metal fence around which eight benches look towards the water feature. I hung one picture opposite each bench inviting visitors to sit and contemplate the passage of the year whilst they might first look at the photograph and then view the garden's resting state, the activity of clouds, the way light falls on the garden itself.
I spent one hour on each bench observing the light and photographing each picture.
MORE TO COME