super8 sunshine

studio experiments with transfer printing and a mixed media approach combining spray paint and copper foils, these are studies for bigger pieces i'm creating. super8 sunshine refers to the caravans and the memories locked into them and it comes from short prose pieces i'm playing around with - hear follow said piece -

It was 1977 and punk was exploding but we didn’t care - we were in flares and huge pointy collars, you and mini me. We tubed in every day from the campsite, I was always really excited. My first ever McD’s and the cinema in Leicester Square: James Bond and Alistair McLean! Getting Lesley Crowthers autograph and seeing the Mousetrap on Drury Lane.

But you know what I remember most?

It’s you running.

I know that’s weird but I don’t think I ever saw you running before.

We were crossing the campsite and you said ‘lets go’ and were off before I could register what was happening. You seemed airborne and I had to run my absolute hardest, chest bursting, just to keep up. Everytime we came to a ditch you just vaulted it, never breaking stride. I was so scared but I just about kept pace, running flat out by your side.

My god we both flew so high that day. Higher than Icarus but we both made it down! You and me in the bright super8 sunshine. I’ll never forget that moment. It meant nothing really but I’ll never forget it.

I never ran that fast again.

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