From Sackville to Tiergarten

Visit Paul Harfleet's excellent blog to discover more of his thoughts on researching for Ruinous Recollections. Paul recently exhibited in Berlin, and whilst there had chance to visit the new National Memorial for Homosexual Victims of National Socialism in Tiergarten. In his post, he links this site with the Sackville Park location of Turing's monument, bringing both into his work's exploration of the depiction of gayness in the heteronormative public environment.

http://www.paulharfleet.blogspot.com

Ruinous Lecture

Darien and Rob will be speaking about Ruinous Recollections at MMU’s psychogeography festival TRIP, whilst Paul will be presenting his Pansy Project as well - come along to hear more! (We're on first thing on Thursday 19^th June)

http://trip2008.wordpress.com/

The Apple and the Mathematician

Paul Harfleet will be creating new works for Ruinous Recollections. Paul is perhaps best known for his internationally-renowned Pansy Project, which documents instances of homophobic abuse by the planting of pansies at the site. For RR, Paul will be exploring the life and death of Alan Turing in Manchester. The founder of modern computing worked in the city after WW2 before committing suicide with a cyanide-laced apple. Using the statue of Turing in Sackville Park as a starting point, Paul aims to explore the symbolism of the apple, and map different myths of gay Manchester in the 1950s and today. Here is an example of the Pansy Project, plus an example of Paul's initial sketches for the project.