A personal Map based on the novel 'No Hiding Place'
This is my personal response to the Digital Literary Atlas of Wales and its Borderlands Project, organised and co-ordinated by Dr Jon Anderson, Lecturer in Human Geography, Cardiff University and Dr Kieron Smith Research Associate School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. You can follow the development of the final piece here on this blog, including the accompanying book, explaining my thinking behind this work and the practical considerations. For now, here are some images of the work as it unfolded, so to speak. I was fortunate to be selected as one of a number of artists that would be commissioned to respond through art to certain books that are considered significant in the Literary Landscape of Wales and its Borderlands. When the title of the book was given to me, I was somewhat surprised. I had not read this book, although I had been aware of it having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. I could not wait to read it, and when I did, I could...