EN62 Baby 'P'
22/11/08 13:55
There isn't a text for this particular piece because it is something that is written across the whole Bible.
This was really difficult to do because the story was horrible. I think that one of the unnerving aspects to the news was that the events had happened so long ago, and that there are probably kids going through some similar evil right now. I guess that the sense of powerlessness in the face of such cruelty is the big idea here. Read More...
EN59 The Credit Crunch
01/09/08 13:55
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you will need to scroll down to find the exact part). Read More...
EN38 The Adoption Process
01/11/06 13:53
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
This one was related to the whole Madonna/celebrity adoption fiasco that hit the headlines. Can a celebrity bypass correct protocols and take a child from africa? Isn't it in fact a compassionate move to share their lives with those less fortunate? Is it right to remove a child from his/her home situation and place them in the ultra-consumerist setting of a celebrity home?
The debates are many, but I wanted to use this situation to Read More...
EN32 The Wages of Wogan
22/05/06 13:52
The Bible epilogue text can be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
Terry Wogan earns a huge amount of money. I thought that this was well worth using because it raises the big question of 'who is worth that?'. The lovely thing about being a christian is that God places infinite value on us by giving His life for us on the cross. People with little or no self esteem can be cherished and cared for in the arms of God. Amazing.
I cheated a little here. The image comes from a set of three pictures I produced for the Brighton Festival Fringe.
Tim Bongers is the dedicatee. I did this specially for him and then the EN staff inadvertently chopped off the whole right hand side of the strip... it was made worse by me telling Tim to look for it. Sorry.
EN24 If a Hurricane could talk...
01/09/05 13:51
The Bible epilogue text can be found here and here and here(you may have to scroll down a bit to find the exact part...).
Hurricane Katrina was horrific on all accounts. After some thought I picked up on a couple of points that seemed to be helpful: firstly when a disaster like this is about to strike you should just get out (which corresponds to the christian message to repent or turn from the way you currently live before God's judgement falls); and secondly, those who are in any position to help should help anyone and everyone regardless of their cultural situation. George Bush had been criticised for not caring about black people and I had wondered whether it was something that could be levelled at christians... are they selective about who they share the news of Jesus with?
Images of Bush, a card game I saw on the news and a satellite image of the hurricane.
I don't think that this one works very well. I took advice from Mike Tindall a few years back about using the epilogue text as an interactive element - to send people to the Bible to look up the words and try to work out the connections rather than lay it all out on a plate, but this one is just too abstract. Who know what I was talking about?
