For the duration of this project, titled Negative, I have explored the formal and conceptual possibilities of negative space with regards to denial, absence, erasure and the spaces that exists in, around and in place of objects, words and ideas.

Taking a wide research approach, I initiated with the key aim to learn and uncover connections between strands of visual and contextual research into the historically and politically significant site of Holyrood, Edinburgh.  The result is a diverse body of multimedia works, driven by observational drawing, writing and digital recordings.    

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Research:       https://www.are.na/calum-martin/negative-d-8irte42bw

Though this was a relatively early visual experiment, I would certainly consider presenting these negative drawings alongside the Graphite Zines, the resolved video works, the digital sketchbook and The image is the negative space text pieces.

These represent the formal concerns at the base of my research process for this project, which for a while I did not fully acknowledge.