I have a photograph due to be exhibited in the Pentecost Festival photographic display being presented by Alison Whitlock photography at the Cafe Eterno, 34 Neal Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9PS.
The display reflects on 'Social Issues and Our Response'. My photo, entitled Sin, was taken during one of the Lent Art workshops that formed part of the Hertford stns art project and, in which, artworks for six of the Stations of the Cross were prepared. In this photo a workshop participant is scratching the word 'sin' onto a wooden cross.
This workshop session, which produced Station 2: Jesus takes up his cross, began with reflections on Jesus taking up the cross and then led into the sharing of words describing those things Jesus took up on our behalf when he went to the cross. Each participant then chose a word to engrave on a large wooden cross using a nail. This very visceral engagement with the experience of this Station was intentionally a significant aspect of creating the artwork. The experience of defacing the cross with graffiti describing the human failings which took Jesus to the cross was as much part of the emotional and creative experience of the Station as was the creation of the artwork itself.
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U2 - Tomorrow.
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