THEYR SUM BOSS WEBS LA
AY LASS ILL BE DWN 4 TEA IN 10
ME ARL FELLAS HOUSE IS PURE ANTWACKY
ME MAS MAKING ME A PROPER SCRAN 2NIGHT
ON LIKELY MOOR BAHT AT
U SEEN THE BIZZIES OUTSIDE THE OFFIE
U WANT OUT FROM TCHIPPY
THEYR SUM JARG TRABS THEM
I WER WELL CHUFFED WI ME NEW BOOTS
AM NOT EVEN MESSIN HE HAD ME IN BULK
CAN I HAVE A DOLLUP OF MASH ON ME PIE MATE
HAVE YE SEEN HER BINS THEY LOOK AN ABSOLUTE SHOW
WHACKED ME ED ON TDOOR IT URT LIKE ELL
DONT BE A BLERT GIV US A LIFT 2 TOWN
O BLOOMIN ECK R U ALRIGHT
GIS US ONE OF THOSE BIFTERS SO I DNT HAV 2 GO THE OFFIE LAD
EY UP HAVNT SEEN U IN AGES
ME JUDY COOKS A BLINDING SCOUSE
STOP FAFFIN WI YE AIR IT LUKS FINE
ITS BALTIC IN HERE
WE AUGHT TO STOP 4 A CUPPA IM FLAGGIN
EEE STOP GEGGIN IN
THEY BUGGERED OFF DOWN THE GUINEL
WHA U ON ABAR U WOOL
FIGGIN ELL GIS A GANDER AT THAT
HES GOT A COB ON
WER R ME KEGS I NEED EM 4 WORK
HER CURLY BLOW WAS AN ABSOLUTE SHOW
CONVERSATION
On Wednesday 8th June, myself and Lucie MacGregor using 3D's collaborative Storage Space Project managed by myself, Josh Collings and Ruben Green to do a number of recorded interchanges relating to both of our practices,
We firstly filmed 'Conversation' a spoken word piece, where both our figures are obscured by hoodies, I wear red for Liverpool and she wears blue for Huddersfield. with our phones in our hands we read from local headlines of Merseyside and Yorkshire. Responding to our feelings of 'otherness' due to our regional accents. When reading the headlines the topics devolve from stabbings and robberies to bees being released in town centres and local celebrities top bars. The piece examines media portrayals of northern reality, both our current work centres around disconnection and displacement and anxiety over modern reality and our shared otherness is portrayed through this work.
MANIFESTO
Our 'manifesto' was a writing exercise where in blue (Huddersfield) and red (Liverpool) ink me and Lucie take turns to write a regional phrase. The phrases were found on news sites under the headlines '32 Yorkshire phrases' and '20 things only Scousers say'. The use of the publicised and stereotyped syntax allowed us to explore the perceived identities of regional towns and explore the breadth of cultural and regional otherness and separation of identity.