John B Ledger

Works of 2017

I’ve gone back to study this year. After years of wrangling over whether to go back or not, I finally decided that I had nothing to lose by doing so. Additionally, it has enabled me to have a bit more thinking space, away from working 5 days a week. Because no matter what job youContinue reading “Works of 2017”

An Hypothetical map for a Regional Identity Dilemma.

In the United Kingdom many areas believe they are marginalised and overlooked in favour London and the South East. Although I’d argue the primary cause for such grievance isn’t geographically located, but located inside of us, from being subjected to the kind of society created through 40 years of fidelity to the ideology of marketContinue reading “An Hypothetical map for a Regional Identity Dilemma.”

“Monster” (2017)

The Eternal Blip (A Mary Celeste Decade) and other works in progress

I’m really in a work-in-progress point at the moment. I’ve got a bit more time, because I’m doing a part-time Masters, and working less hours. Getting into more debt by taking a loan and returning to further develop my art may seem like a foolish move to some, but with working five days a weekContinue reading “The Eternal Blip (A Mary Celeste Decade) and other works in progress”

Sometimes I Need My Ghosts

I can’t fling last night’s dreaming into the Sleep Dustbin of the all the funny things your brain can do. The non-linear nature of memory has reminded of me that I have only ever experienced dreams similar to last night’s a few times in my life. Last night felt like the past speaking to meContinue reading “Sometimes I Need My Ghosts”

Manifesto For The just-about-managing

The Manifesto for The Just-about-managing (2017, mixed media on paper).

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur (title by DS Jarvis) was a videowork quickly thought up for the introductory section to the ‘exhibition space’ in ‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?‘ – an event staged by the collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, inContinue reading “Don’t Look Back in Grandeur”

Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?

VIEW UPON REQUEST [see below for contact details]Monday July 3Tuesday July 4Wednesday July 5 OPENING EVENING AND INFORMAL SYMPOSIUMThursday July 6 | 6pm – 11pm Our collective The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe is currently staging an event and exhibition titled Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please TurnContinue reading “Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?”

‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’

First and foremost for anybody who has never heard of Baildon (mainly people south of Wakefield), just think ‘2 miles north of the World Heritage Site, Saltaire. I’m really looking forward to this event. To be honest it’s our first proper outing as a collective. The Artists’ Bookfair at The Tetley Gallery in Leeds earlierContinue reading “‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’”

How Did I Get So Old? (pre-GE2017 musings)

I really wanted to make more of this project before election day, but the things I had been documenting spread into a project I felt I couldn’t reasonably complete in the time space left. I had been making narrated maps and compiling photographs from the 7th May onwards, but to post all of that rightContinue reading “How Did I Get So Old? (pre-GE2017 musings)”