Mathew Wayne Parkin

Sweating (working title)

Black and white 35mm photograph of an overgrown wasteland with plastic firework container in the foreground with the text 'JACK IT UP'.
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In 2016 a gay sauna located in a former bingo hall in the working-class area of Armley in West Yorkshire, burned down. In my practice-based PhD project, using strategies associated with true crime and artists moving-image, I will explore the creative value of true crime, queer inter-generational mutual aid, and touch through this unsolved mystery. It will interrogate who gets to tell stories and how, by decentring autobiography in favour of a communal voice and shared personal experiences.

Black and white 35mm photograph of a crude graffiti penis on a rough wall with plaster falling off to reveal brickwork.
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Black and white 35mm photograph of a rough wasteland floor with the half smashed remains of a previous tiled floor.
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Black and white 35mm photograph of a plastic pipe coming out of a roughly constructed wall with out of focus branches in the foreground.
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Still of low resolution phone camera footage of a large overgrown bush framed by two parts of black metal fencing.
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Still of mini DV footage of a room in a library with two microfilm viewers on a grey workbench with a blue office chair and a wooden chair. To the side and adjacent are grey metal filing cabinets.
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