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| Chris Brown - Walthamstow |
Does love endure forever? Does a bad
penny always turn up? During this Valentine month the artists and
writers from CollectConnect explore this flip-sided theme with an
exhibition of 32 miniature sculptures. These objects are placed in
public places (#unsettledgallery), helping us to remember those who
we hold dear - or cast off those who we would rather forget. Every
day throughout February we will be featuring one of these
tokens/pennies on this website. A writer will also use the art as
inspiration to create something new and fresh.
Art - Chris Brown / Words - Ed
Arantus
Wise fingers that scratch the numbers
Take your name and eat your thunder,
Brown ball come weave and whirl
Cracked your nut in teeth of squirrel.
non plus
non plus
non plus
Pluto
Quick minds that flick with fire
Burn like lies in amber tyres
More to turn all hope to sadness
A sombre dream of dying planets.
non plus
non plus
non plus
Pluto
non plus
non plus
non plus
Pluto
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| Chris Brown |
Chris' artwork rests on top of a communications box in Walthamstow. The morning sun slants across it as the UK bathes in this unseasonally warm weather. Perhaps the sun's unwavering gaze has shrivelled this burnt offering to the size of nut. Waltham Forest is currently the
London Borough of Culture and many parts of the Borough are
undergoing extensive change with rapid housing development and large
scale gentrification.
Chris Brown is an artist and filmmaker.
He has worked as an art therapist in the NHS and as a lecturer at
Goldsmiths, University of London. He is currently a freelance
clinical supervisor and an editor for ATOL: Art Therapy Online,
Ed Arantus is no stranger to art and
writing, he first published his work in the Censored Zine (July 2010)
and has exhibited his work ever since at venues like the Contemporary
Arts Research Unit in Oxford (2014). Last year he exhibited his poem
'Google If' at the Museum of Futures as part of the Enemies Project.
Don't forget to submit to our next
exhibition. The Art of Caring is accepting submission until the 7th
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