gerald jenkins 19/07/2006 gerald jenkins 19/07/2006

A13-A Giant Metaphor For Nowhere

A13When I arrived in the U.K. the first project I chose to undertake was related to Jah Wobble's prose piece A13.Working with Indigenous Australian Cultures and understanding the way they respond and communicate with their environment made me want t… — A13
When I arrived in the U.K. the first project I chose to undertake was related to Jah Wobble's prose piece A13.
Working with Indigenous Australian Cultures and understanding the way they respond and communicate with their environment made me want to take some of this basic knowledge and relate it to a landscape in the U.K.
I had long admired Jah's piece and others he has done relating to dystopian wastelands.
It was perfect..
Thanks Jah..

Jah Wobble & The English Roots Band performing at the 100 Club (30th anniversary of Punk)

Jah Wobble - Womad 1995

Jah Wobble - Womad 1995

The following pictures were taken on the A13.

Fashion Editorial for 125 Magazine Issue #3 'World'

'He told me that after he (Jah Wobble) finished this, he walked along the Grand Union Canal from Bethnal Green and up through the Lea Valley listening on headphones. He assures me that the music proved a very satisfactory companion, which opinion I pass on for any others considering the same walk'

Brian Eno - sleeve notes on the Album 'Spinner' by Brian Eno and Jah Wobble

gerald jenkins 22/10/2004 gerald jenkins 22/10/2004

Pieces Of A Man

In 1995 I had the pleasure of seeing Gil Scott Heron perform twice. The first being at a WOMAD festival in Adelaide which was also his first ever performance in Australia and then about a week later I saw him perform in my home town of Sydney. Both times I had direct access and remember our conversations well.

We talked of the demise of creole poetry-or ‘rhyming meaning’ and the disturbing direction Hip Hop was taking. His lyrics had carried me for so many years. Meeting him filled me with hope for the future and what I intended to do with my work. These pictures are a constant reminder of fighting for a brighter day.

His humour knew no bounds..when I showed up backstage at the second gig he just smiled and asked me if I was from the C.I.A.

‘Pieces of a Man’ Collage on Hardboard with original Polaroid 665 prints

During his performance at WOMAD I was throwing my polaroid prints onstage as a gift to him. He acknowledeged it with a smile.

He showed me his current book- Issac Asminov’s ‘Western Mysteries’