The reason why I am interested in the works of Tom Hunter
is, similarly to our own brief, he found himself in a location of inspiration
and integrated the surroundings and people who lived there into a work that
reflected his impression of the area.
The Ghetto, 1990
After
taking the initial photographs, he then took this work further by recreating
the streets and the moments of life he had photographically captured by making
a model, which replicated the houses exactly and when a viewer looked through
the miniature windows, they would find themselves looking in on photographs of
the people who actually lived there.
“This art work reveals
the harsh realities of London life as it uncovers a Hackney street of the 1990s
populated with squatters.
Tom Hunter produced
this cardboard sculpture for his degree show at London College of Printing. It
is an extraordinary recreation of two streets in Hackney that were lived in
long-term by squatters who suddenly faced eviction. Hunter photographed the
buildings and when you look through the windows of the cardboard houses, his
photography illustrates the interior.”
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