{"id":242,"date":"2016-11-11T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=242"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:16:28","slug":"slope-tend-big-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"slope-tend-big (moving image)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"vertical video of man dancing laid over couple sat on a green sofa\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slope-tend-big-still-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital video, 17:00. slope-tend-big is an oral history interview with my parents about lesbian parenting, social work and the early gay scene in Leeds and Manchester, overlaid with diaristic footage from my more precarious life. It foregrounds forms of intergenerational learning, caring in nightlife and kinship, while exposing inherent tensions in these forms of debt. It was commissioned SHOUT Festival\u00a0of\u00a0Queer Art\u00a0&amp; Culture and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grand-union.org.uk\/exhibitions\/mathew-parkin-slope-tend-big\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Union<\/a>, and accompanied with an installation, a small residency for a queer collective, and a series of events and screenings I programmed. You can watch this on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/390552308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vimeo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-09-26-11h55m57s244-1024x590.png\" alt=\"shot taken from table of bowls, garlic yogurt, onion bhajis, and a child licking the top of a can\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-09-26-11h55m57s244-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-09-26-11h55m57s244-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-09-26-11h55m57s244-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-09-26-11h55m57s244.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m12s189-1024x576.png\" alt=\"video of a arcade machine laid over a path through a graveyard\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m12s189-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m12s189-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m12s189-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m12s189.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m58s005-1024x576.png\" alt=\"close up of retroreflective coat\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m58s005-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m58s005-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m58s005-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m58s005.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m52s554-1024x576.png\" alt=\"wild pink flowers in a green field\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m52s554-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m52s554-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m52s554-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h31m52s554.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m45s240-1024x576.png\" alt=\"a curvy human form on a bed\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m45s240-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m45s240-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m45s240-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2019-06-21-14h30m45s240.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2021-03-13-17h26m26s051-1024x576.png\" alt=\"detritus on a floor including a burberry shirt, and reebok trainers\" class=\"wp-image-248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2021-03-13-17h26m26s051-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2021-03-13-17h26m26s051-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2021-03-13-17h26m26s051-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2021-03-13-17h26m26s051.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital video, 17:00. slope-tend-big is an oral history interview with my parents about lesbian parenting, social work and the early gay scene in Leeds and Manchester, overlaid with diaristic footage from my more precarious life. It foregrounds forms of intergenerational learning, caring in nightlife and kinship, while exposing inherent tensions in these forms of debt. 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