a psychogeographical exhibition by John Ledger, I was interested in his reasons for working in this way, how he presented his work and his use of sound.
I aimed to combine all memories/experiences from a year of walking/train/bus and car journeys through 4 areas that span the old West Riding of Yorkshire. It has culminated from years of wandering and musing around an area loosely centred around Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley and Sheffield. I'm trying to show what inhabiting these places /walking through these human landscapes feels like. All too often I find reality is massively cropped to take the more picturesque; but I'm also trying to show that the issues the world faces today can be observed on a local level as much as in any international city.
I have chosen this area because it is a landscape I know better than any other.
I have chosen this area because it is a landscape I know better than any other.
The black lines are journeys Ledger has taken and the blue and red marks are written accounts that he has recorded over 7 months.
The point behind his work is to portray that the world is often seen from a 'picturesque point of view', he wants to show that some of the issues in our world today can be observed on a small scale such as homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and weather changes.
I was interested in why and how he used sound in his exhibition.
He chose to use the cones because they are a link to the urban environment and they also provided a place to hang the head phones.
The accompanying audio was three recordings of the artist critically evaluating their surroundings while they walked.
This exhibition has given me an insight into why someone would choose to work in the psychogeographical way and how they exhibit their work.
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