Below is a small text I wish to give as a presentation during the Fine Art Masters Degree I am currently undertaking ….Or ‘Wall, i’ A paper that keeps becoming art/art that keeps becoming a paper I’m here to make a presentation about my ‘practice’. But what if this practice keeps on becoming something otherContinue reading “Imposter syndrome: a brief history of sadness in ‘the cult of self’”
Author Archives: John B Ledger
Songs For My Punch-drunk Idealism (cassette no2)
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about not only the pitfalls of mistaking moments of symbolic catharsis with real changes, but also (speaking as somebody who makes art, projects, events) in the real emotional dangers of putting all your hopes for change, to be changed, in such symbolic gestures – relying solely on great momentsContinue reading “Songs For My Punch-drunk Idealism (cassette no2)”
My Shadow Dispatches for ‘The Public Secret’
The Public Secret is a project our artist-led collective the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe held, starting Friday 31st August, in a warehouse on the south west side of Leeds. For this we all contributed a dispatches – which you can find here. This is my long read which I have omittedContinue reading “My Shadow Dispatches for ‘The Public Secret’”
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Can symbolic acts manifest themselves within lived experience?
2018 was the year when I had to ask the question the above title poses… Neoliberal Me (An Exorcism of) and #GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions) 2008 to 2009 – I learnt a harsh lesson: devoting a year to mapping one’s inner and external fortified walls into one symbolic gesture (one which wasContinue reading “Can symbolic acts manifest themselves within lived experience?”
#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)
Over the course of the year, I’ve had to ask myself a lot of questions, for numerous reasons. Part of the outcome is that I largely class the work I do as part of the collective I am part of (https://retrobarattheendofuniverse.wordpress.com). Here is the first event I am putting on since this deep point ofContinue reading “#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)”
Songs for my punch-drunk idealism
(feature image designed and donated by artist Sam Vickers).
The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018
The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018 The Mental Health Strike is part of a project I am building as part of the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe collective. The project is based on actions and moments that deposit social and political actions within the contemporary cultural landscape that would be seen asContinue reading “The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018”
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.”
John B Ledger 