Pyro Boy, Desert Blast, Nevada, 1999 © Simon Roberts, from the series ‘This Land is Your Land‘
The Credit Crunch Lexicon is a text-based work, which forms part of my exhibition Let This Be A Sign, at Swiss Cottage Gallery. The work draws upon the diversity of economic, political and philosophical terminology that has now become part of our vernacular; the economic crisis has moved terminology and jargon from the business pages on to the front pages of our newspapers, radios and TV sets.
Arranged alphabetically to create a form of concrete poetry, the words and phrases scrutinize the miasma of rhetoric, hyperbole and sometimes, contradictory terms used by politicians, economists, protesters and journalists to describe the economic downturn.
I collated the text from political speeches, papers from the governor of the Bank of England, newspaper headlines, protest poster slogans and economic reports, all of which reference the economic situation from 2007 to 2012. In total there are 5841 words/phrases starting with ‘A CRISIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE’ and finishing with ‘ZEROFLATION’. The work is ongoing.
You can download a pdf with all of the words here.
Installation shots of the Credit Crunch Lexicon at Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, June 2012:
My new publication has arrived at the studio, produced to coincide with the exhibition Let This Be A Sign at Swiss Cottage Gallery (May-July 2012). The work explores the economic, political and social effects of the UK recession.
Published on newspaper print it includes a series of landscapes photographs, digital collages and an extract of the Credit Crunch Lexicon. Produced in collaboration with Fuel, the cover design doubles as a protest poster where messages can be written by the owner.
You can purchase a copy here.
Landing at Gatwick airport, UK, 7 June 2012
A limited edition signed print to coincide with my exhibition Let This Be A Sign at Swiss Cottage Gallery as part of the 2012 London Festival of Photography.
Sized 5 x 7″, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper (gloss) and in an edition of 99 (+9 APs).
Each print is signed/dated verso.
Available here.
An open invitation to my exhibition at Swiss Cottage Gallery. More information here.
I’m working on a new publication for the upcoming exhibition Let This Be A Sign. We’re mocking up some layouts in the studio today.
Here are some of the comments left so far on the Public Wall at Swiss Cottage Gallery. There’s one more week to go so still time to visit the exhibition and get your opinion heard. You can also tweet using the hashtag #LetThisBeASign.