MALCOLM BROWN  OUT OF SEQUENCE

PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHEMATA
DIVERGING RAYS
LINEAR TIME


INSTITUTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer within cultural heritage
research collections 2004 - ONGOING.
THE MEMORY CORPORATION



231 WEST MAIN STREET

The recordings were created in resistance to the restrictions of relative and situational poverty.


Recording events that shaped my life has always seemed crucial. I can’t really explain why that is. Possibly my grandmother Bessie McLeod’s predilection for recounting family stories. I only know that making a record of events has predominantly remained the case.

Handwritten notebooks, journals, field audio, compositions, photographs and at one time drawings were always in progress. 
Like Leon in Bladerunner going back to collect “his precious photographs,” I carted my photographs, handwritten notebooks and audio recordings around from station to station for over fifty years. Similar to Leon their value was above all other material possessions.

Recording gave me improved living and improved mental health. It provided an imaginative space to be creative to learn and share.

The recordings were created in resistance to the restrictions of relative and situational poverty. Initially most of the audio equipment was borrowed or bought cheaply second hand.