Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust
(Breaches Of National Trust)
Weeee
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage
31.1 X 20.4 cm
Ryte Of Divyne Wizdum
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage
18.5 X 22.6 cm
Mukee
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage and Acrylic
18.6 X 15.7 cm
The Race pt.1
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage
21.1 X 14.2 cm
The Race pt.2
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage and Ink
29.5 X 16.1 cm
Huzzzarr!
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage and Ink
19.5 X 20.5 cm
Fyne English Surrogate
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage and Ink
18.2 X 16.9 cm
Stak It
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage
31.1 X 23 cm
Breech Of Trust
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage and ink
26.8 X 16.2 cm
Hoo Livs In Ay House Lyke This?
(Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust)
Hand Collage
26.8 X 16.8 cm
Relevant Texts:
If Your Doors Open Anyone Might Wonder In
5 years I spent in Manchester hustling about the damp grays, greens and reds. Thankfully having access to ay car made it easy to run out to the surrounding countryside. With that freedom I took great joy visiting nearby National Trust properties. My favorite of these locations remains Dunham Massey, Altrincham, a huge Georgian House, bang in the middle of a 300 acre deer park (This setting became the subject of my second super8 trial, ‘Dun~Ham Mass~Ay’). The thing that captures my imagination regarding these now open homes, is the Downton Abbey-esque scandals that linger. In actuality by todays standards these incidents aren’t much to write home about; such as George Grey, 7th Earl Of Stamford marrying Catharine Cocks, a circus bareback rider (…’Cocks’ and ‘bareback’ demand attention ofcourse…), it does however provoke consideration of what other terribly shameful happenings went unreported (My mind tiptoes toward thoughts of Sir Henry Rowlinson). Anyhow, contrast to the beautifully polished treasures of the National Trust were my visits to various derelict and industrial locations around the Northwest; for example the Deva Asylum, Chester, closed in 1991, it now stands ruined through neglect and vandalism. There is an instant overwhelming sense of freedom, which screams through ones body in ay building that due to its evacuation of humans seems ruleless. Free from societies-eye the majority of visitors panic and wholeheartedly embrace this anxious immunity that might be snatched away at anytime. You’ll find chairs embedded in windows, electrics ripped out of walls, burnt out rooms, anything left in the building smashed to fragments, half smeared with feces and vomit, these are the places birds come to die.
The ‘Breechiz Of Nashonal Trust’ series exhibits polished properties inhabited by characters rabid with that sense of lawlessness, which haunts our dilapidated, abandoned buildings. Illustrating primal, eccentric and at times violent souls, detached from what is acceptable and embracing anarchy to varying degrees. These worms wriggle and writhe in humor, discomfort and obscurity.
Ben Thompson, 2012
The following text is the top hit upon Googling ‘Breaches Of National Trust’:
9.1 Except as indicated below, National Trust cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to any belongings, or for injury sustained by the Visitor or members of his or her party during their stay on the campsite. National Trust excludes liability for loss or damage to any belongings, or for death or injury sustained to the Visitor or members of his or her party during their stay at the campsite except to the extent that such injury or loss or damage to any belongings is caused by the negligence or default or breach of National Trust of any duty.
National Trust, Clumber Park camping site, Terms and conditions (excerpt), 2011
