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An image from Jimmy Symonds' 'Lexicon' is shown. 'Lexicon' is his personal photographic journey through a dictionary. The box which houses 'Lexicon' contains 144 photographs each one illustrating a chosen word or phrase. Placed in alphabetical order, they are classified according to part of speech and date of first usage. 'Lexicon' is designed so that the number of photographs for each letter reflects actual lexicographic frequency in English. Symonds is inspired by journeys, both literal and metaphorical; by the way in which a walk can connect seemingly disparate things, as a medieval wood may back onto an industrial estate. Likewise in a dictionary you can travel anywhere and everywhere and yet still find the narrative is maintained. For an artist, a dictionary can be a tool with which which to weave diverse experiences into a coherent whole. Dictionaries are liberating. Around any corner something extraordinary may happen; this is what drives Symonds on as a photographer, and that curiosity also lies at the heart of a dictionary and this is why they are never finished, but ever-changing, always searching and brilliantly alive. For Art and Sacred Places Symonds worked with RoadPeace - see Six Sacred Sites 2005/7 |
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