{"id":543,"date":"2020-11-01T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:04:17","slug":"marseille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h55m20s596.png\" alt=\"video still of a furry blonde pigs face\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h55m20s596.png 639w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h55m20s596-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">In November 2020, I undertook a two-month residency at Triangle France \u2013 Ast\u00e9rides, Marseille. During this time, my focus was on writing and working in camera. I particularly explored the figure of \u201cThe Pig,\u201d considering multiple layers of meaning: the chemsex gay pig; the pig as a police officer; the pig as a farm animal; the pig in relation to feminist critiques of meat consumption; the pig as a cartoon character; the pig as excessive and greedy for pleasure; and the recurring motif of the pig in Claude McKay\u2019s Romance in Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h56m58s615.png\" alt=\"video still of a furry blonde pigs behind\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h56m58s615.png 639w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vlcsnap-2023-02-13-16h56m58s615-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4873-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of drawing on a3 sheet in red pencil of a pig smoking a cigar with a croissant on their belly\" class=\"wp-image-547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4873-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4873-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4873-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4873-1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5132-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of studio desk with flowers in a plastic water bottle and a row of poppers\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5132-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5132-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5132-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5132-1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4772-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of reflection of me in glass window in a blue and white pyjama shirt\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4772-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4772-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4772-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4772.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2020, I undertook a two-month residency at Triangle France \u2013 Ast\u00e9rides, Marseille. During this time, my focus was on writing and working in camera. I particularly explored the figure of \u201cThe Pig,\u201d considering multiple layers of meaning: the chemsex gay pig; the pig as a police officer; the pig as a farm animal; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residency","tag-30"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}