A benevolence of dirt / by Justin Harrison


An experiment in placing words alongside the image. Perhaps more of a graphic design approach to my work but I don’t mind it…for now.

Capitalism doesn't work. A benevolence of dirt. We perform but we don't act. 

Also a subtle fast food vendor reference for bonus points…

Also encouraging is that this work has now been accepted for an exhibtion- ‘The Festival of Dissent’. I’ve printed it up to A1 which was pushing the image as it was originally shot on a iPhone. There’s always something and you just have to push and make it work. I’m a little unsure how I feel about it as it’s gone very graphical, but then it also works as magazine spread but a disruption of that media and culture where we obsess about food and being seen eating. Out culture is obscene in how it wastes food stuffs, we have a growing crisis with a huge increase in the use of food banks. We can’t live in denial. Oh and there’s achy reference to fast food to but one subtly.