Megan Lynch
“Abandonment is a process. There’s nothing static about an abandoned building. Slowly the brickwork crumbles. Windows get broken. Doors get boarded up. Paint cracks and fades. Vandals attack. There comes a critical point – the point of no return – when a decaying building slips inexorably from being empty but useable, to being fit only for demolition.” – Abandoned Britain
Decaying of derelict buildings is the focus for my practice. Being a Lincolnshire based artist, the buildings which I visit, are abounded with fascinating history. The underpinning of my work is sometimes a desire to look beyond the architectural foundations, and to purely focus on the uncovering of forgotten histories. The deterioration of archaic buildings is similar to societies memory; these buildings become forgotten so the earth claims back what it once owned.
Photographing and filming the forever decaying states that the buildings exhibit, trying to capture traces of the past. I am absorbed by the beauty that the buildings display.
Decaying of derelict buildings is the focus for my practice. Being a Lincolnshire based artist, the buildings which I visit, are abounded with fascinating history. The underpinning of my work is sometimes a desire to look beyond the architectural foundations, and to purely focus on the uncovering of forgotten histories. The deterioration of archaic buildings is similar to societies memory; these buildings become forgotten so the earth claims back what it once owned.
Photographing and filming the forever decaying states that the buildings exhibit, trying to capture traces of the past. I am absorbed by the beauty that the buildings display.