From here you can almost see the sea: A response to living in Plymouth

'Redaction/Response' 2012

'Redaction/Response' are two books of thirty poems which have been redacted from articles in Plymouth Herald newspapers. 

'Redaction shows the original newspaper articles with their redacted text, while 'Response' shows a typed version and the remaining unreacted text which makes up the poems.

With hindsight, I realised that the point of redaction is about the words that have been blanked out, not the ones left to be read. So the title of the work should probably be 'Extraction/Response'. 

However, the theme of a response to living in Plymouth and the process of extracting text, works very well and the large format of the book give them presence. All is not lost!

Cover:'Redaction' 2012

'Redaction' 2012

29 x 35.5cm

Cartridge paper, newsprint paper, ink, bulldog clips.

'Response' 2012

29 x 35.5cm

Cartridge paper, newsprint paper, ink, bulldog clips. 

Poem 23:

Overlooking the 

harbour, I asked

What 

is

special

he said

You

never dream of

the sea

When we first came here

we were in the eye of

the storm

and

we

created conflicts

But he

already

is

looking for a

New

city