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.

This series of zines is the culmination of developments in inverted drawings and withheld or concealed information. I have coated the picture surface in graphite before rubbing out to create a representation image or to uncover information beneath. The intention would be that these zines be presented to readers covered before invitation is made to reveal the content beneath.

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