Over the past three years the cousins have been in a conversation sharing pages from each other’s sketchbooks, responding to one another’s poems and photographic collages with no particular goal. The exercise granted the other a look into their thought process and soon, naturally photographs were paired with poems, poems were created in response to collages and visa-versa.
Photographic collages were made as part of Archie’s personal practice, exploring how photos can be extended past their initial intrigue by enhancing emotions or narratives within them. Ripley’s poetry has a wide ranging subject matter but shares “common themes of kinship, nostalgia, and the passage of time.” Adjoining illustrations clarify associations between the photographic and poetic.
Copies of RIPS are exclusively available at Village books.
Zine launch & exhibition hosted at Village [Manchester] featured original sketchbook pages from both Ripley Townsend and Archie Davidson, as well as 1 of 1 decorative ceramic plates. Below are some pages from the zine.
