Blog – Vicky Waters

My project ‘Three Memories’ was in a group exhibition with (re)structure for Photo Fringe, 2022

(Re)structure exhibited work upstairs at the old Peacocks Building in Newhaven Square, Newhaven for Photo Fringe, 2022. Thank you Jane and Jeremy at The Bookend for loaning to us a selection of photo books related to Photo Fringe’s theme for this year, made available for visitors to look through. Thank you to Cat Fletcher of Freegle for loaning the furniture (and other useful things) to us.

Three Memories:

Carried on my father’s shoulders; Staring saucer-eyed at the work of insects; Walking up the hill I looked over a garden wall and saw pale fabric hanging from the branches of a tree.

The images portray three distinct memories, but they resist remaining separated. I want to hold them down and place them next to each other, seeing them merge into a continuum—a train of thought.

The disused BMX track in Sheepcote Valley

There’s a BMX track in Sheepcote Valley. The track was used for the UCI BMX World Championships in 1996. You can see a clip here. The track is between Whitehawk and Woodingdean, and accessible via a turning off Wilson Avenue. Fungus grows out of buried wood, and dense, thorny bushes lie low to the ground.

RA Summer Exhibition – online

Ace Heartbreaker, Drag King is at the RA Summer show. Lovely to be selected. The delayed show continues until 3rd January 2021.

A Temporary Quiet – Photo Fringe 2020

Photo Fringe 2020 is coming to an end for this year. So much beautiful and interesting work, both in galleries and online. My contribution, ‘A Temporary Quiet‘, came about due to my experiences of walking through green spaces—experiences amplified by the events of 2020.