3 responses to “‘Signs of Uncertainty’ in the Windows at Northlight”

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   dottypotter

   September 23, 2020 at 1:08 pm

   Love this photographer’s work. Good to see these at Northlight, thanks.

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   Bernie Bell

   September 23, 2020 at 6:33 pm

   I’ve been thinking about Ian’s picture of a tree, with an arrow, pointing upwards. As Ian says of his images…. “they appear to have significance but the meaning is unclear.”
   I had vague thoughts connected with Extinction Rebellion – trees, and their plight, pointing the way for us?
   The importance of looking up – rather than down?
   Hmmmmmmm.
   And the pool, with a cone which appears to float, but – it doesn’t, as there is no water in the pool. Cones are usually used to warn us to be careful in an approaching situation. There’s no water in the pool – do we need to ‘mind’ our water, too? Yes – we do – we’ve made it unfit to drink without complicated processing.
   The ‘X’ on the door – like the X’s used to mark the plague houses – that plague passed – this one will pass, too – eventually.
   Maybe I’m over-thinking and reading too much into these images? Maybe my mind is a bit too occupied with the times we’re living through, and the signs of those times?
   We need to be aware, and take action when we can, but being too aware, and taking too much on board, can damage our personal equilibrium – our balance in our own world – which we need to hold onto more than ever, in these times.

   I won’t be going into Stromness, maybe for a couple more months, so I won’t get to see Ian’s images, so, many thanks to Fiona for presenting them in this way, and to Ian for more food for thought.
   I’d written something about my own interpretation of the ideas behind this exhibition, which Fiona tells me is going to appear in TON. I wondered would it duplicate this piece – then I thought – for one thing – you can’t have too much publicity! and, also that my ‘view’ has a slightly different angle. My idea was to take the idea of Ian’s images of the war years, and the changes the war made in people’s lives then, and the idea of his images of the present time, and the changes Covid makes – and – kind of juxtapose them. I’m not sure I succeeded.

   Having seen Fiona’s piece, today, I can see that it triggers thought in a wider sense than mine does/will. Fiona’s piece, and Ian’s images which it presents to us, leads to more expansive lines of thought, and, in my view, chimes more with what Ian’s aims in presenting these images, might be.
   That’s just my line of thought on seeing his images, in this piece. As always, a very personal response. And – a review of an exhibition, without going to it! Another sign of the times.

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