Artist Statement
Not being an artist - nor even an enthusiastic amateur photographer - there is little that I can say about 'Winterreise' other than that it effectively created itself out of an idle impulse to use my iPhone to photograph a snow-clad Irish landscape during a train journey two years ago. A few shots were discarded but the remaining images were not processed or edited in any way. Mac software was used to convert the stills into a slideshow and an ambient soundtrack ('Hayagriva') was added from Robert Rich's 1983 CD 'Trances and Drones'*. When I showed 'Winterreise' to Lil Sullivan she told me that, for her, it strongly invoked the strange new world that she found herself exploring in the aftermath of her stroke. That is why it is here.
*I am very grateful to Robert for permission to use his music in this public showing.
*I am very grateful to Robert for permission to use his music in this public showing.