‘We hope to be finished by lunchtime….” (work in progress)
“We hope to be finished by lunchtime…..” (work in progress)
kennardphillipps
2010
A work inspired by the Iraq Inquiry, commissioned by PhotoIreland for exhibition at the National Photographic Archive, Dublin, July 2010
Iraq: a process of resistance 2008
Iraq: a process of resistance documents the visual protest made by artists kennardphillipps against the invasion of Iraq and the transpiring obliteration of civilian life in Iraq 2002 – 2008. The work aims to be accessible by the general public and to involve them in questions relating to activism and art. Designed for the Brighton Photo Biennial 2008, Iraq: a process of resistance was shown at Ink-d gallery.
Interface at Ulster University of Art and Design, Belfast
Invited on a short residency at Interface, Ulster University of Art and Design in Belfast we were given the freedom to work on the printing technology, printing on objects and burning with a laser cutter we produced the Atlas World Times, montaging images of the destruction in Iraq onto the pages of the atlas, cutting through the margins with barcodes, dollar signs and corporate logos. We messed around with different ideas before we found the atlas idea…………..
Blairaq 2007
Blairaq
pigment ink and pva on newspaper
300cm x 600cm
Leonard Street Gallery, London, Uk 2007
Antennae 2007
Iraq Destroyedpigment ink on newspaper
350cm x 300cm
Houston Centre of Photography, Texas USA 2007.
The work is a portrait of George Bush printed across 58 copies of the Houston Chronicle torn through to reveal images of the destruction of the Iraqi people and their landscape.
to die for DVD
DEMO
kennardphillipps installing the exhibition DEMO at City Hall, London in 2004
Film by KRISTIAN BUUS
Art Media & Contested Space
Interface will present a large-scale public art project situated across 36 Belfast city-centre locations, where artists have been invited to produce a 48-sheet billboard image. Artists’ works will appear alongside advertising sites during the busiest shopping period of the year, leading up to Christmas.
Atlas World Times 2008
Invited on a short residency at Interface, Ulster University of Art and Design in Belfast we were given the freedom to work on the printing technology, printing on objects and burning with a laser cutter we produced the Atlas World Times, montaging images of the destruction in Iraq onto the pages of the atlas, cutting through the margins with barcodes, dollar signs and corporate logos. View the entire atlas here SEE MORE >
Times World Atlas
