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Awesome Evil Dead cosplay by Instagram user @ahna_phylaxis, shown here with Nat Zang and Russell Hodgkison from Z Nation.

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Paris in the Park: Luke Hodgkinson

One exhibition piece that dominated my attention was Luke’s feature palette that held a sequence of eight compelling images. My first thought was questioning the process of disorder which ultimately damaged the structure of a famous Parisian monument. This process was one similar to William Kentridge’s film ‘Breathe’, where he used carefully placed fragments of paper to create a story. Aware of the countless ways in which we construct the world by looking, Kentridge often uses optical illusions to extend his drawings-in-time into three dimensions. One question he asked frequently was ‘can a drawing escape where it is going?’ and in this case it can. One thing I like about this process of creation is that the artist has no control; we leave the pieces to rest in a disposal to the unknown. The way that Luke constructed a similar production was very gripping, especially because the content was the Arc de Triomphe.

The construction of the Arc de Triomphe was ordered by Napoleon, the French Emperor. His power meant that there was a new age of change arising, as he was the one to ‘harness the fury of the mob’ and lead France on a great imperial adventure. Conflict was a large part of his cycle and it was shown in the artwork surrounding his reign, one example being ‘Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau’ by Gros in the Louvre. As this leader told his soldiers “you will return home through archs of triumph” it romanticised conflict and in turn, paved the way for absorbing as much power as possible. When I look at Luke’s divided images, I cannot help but link the fall of Napoleon as a symbol of the deterioration of his once ordered monument. One French poet, Alfred de Musset, called the post-Napoleonic environment ‘pale and nervous’, which as I can see by Luke’s final photograph, is paralleled by the lack of structured content.

However, I unite these images as a comment on our contemporary matters. The dark scatterings of paper resemble ones of ashes from cremation, which makes the viewing of these images increasingly haunting. Nevertheless, I still see these images as incredibly politicised. In my opinion, the scatterings of such a political monument pair death and deterioration, as conflict fails to terminate in our modern world. Conflict ends in death and the 8 images speak volumes about our clashing world. Napoleon’s ending created a generation of ‘the fallen and disappointed’, whereas our modern society has become accustomed to the warfare. I acknowledge I have only spoken about one side of Luke’s exhibition piece, this is due to its instant conceptual value. As for the opposing side, I did not feel it linked enough to the delicacy of the front. If I could encourage anything from this artist, it would be that the consistency of the piece could be analysed. Personally, I would find it interesting if both the sides showed contrasting statements, such as one being built whilst the other is being dispersed. Nonetheless, the components of this piece stood out to me drastically from the rest and I would encourage Luke to continue experimenting with film and photography in Kentridge’s stylistic approaches.

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Great Night Out  -  ITV / STV / UTV  -  January 11, 2013 - February 15, 2013

Comedy / Drama (6 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Lee Boardman as Paddy “Hodge” Hodgkinson

William Ash as Matthew “Beggsy” Begg

Craig Parkinson as Glyn Thwaite

Stephen Walters as Darren “Daz” Taylor

Rebekah Stanton as Kath Hodgkinson

Naomi Bentley as Colleen

Christine Bottomley as Julie

Ricky Tomlinson as Warren

Susie Blake as Pam Begg

Isy Suttie as Bev

Connor McIntyre as Tony

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Coronation Street legend Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden, has ashes scattered in Lake District alongside her brother following death at 90

Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street [Getty] The actress, who played one of Manchester’s best known characters for over 20 years, died three days after her 90th birthday in October 2016. A year later, in October 2017, her beloved brother Kenneth Hodgkinson died at the age of 92. The sibling have been laid to rest together, after their family scattered both their ashes in Cumbria…