Other Wise 2
Other Wise 2
£12.00Printed on glossy magazine paper, twelve enlarged smartphone images of cabin crew members holding up life jackets are printed full frame across twelve pages. The quality of the photos is patchy. Some are formally well composed, while others are rushed, or even printed out of focus. What the pictures capture, however, is impressive considering the absentmindedness with which the stewards attempt to engage their indifferent audience.
Read in parallel with his film Rice (2017), where a strange sequence of agricultural workers’ movements is documented, and his installation Flying Colours (2013-20) which, in essence, is a study of the colour red, Blamey has again dipped his hand into a river of silt and pulled out a nugget of gold.
Breaking away from conventional literary and acedemic formats, Other Wise invites the reader to explore roughly 16 square feet of folded paper with a spirit of adventure. These expansive, linear print exhibitions communicate ideas entirely through imagery rather than text, encouraging audiences to interpret the work independently. Twelve projects by twelve artists will be published over the coming few years. 12pp, 300 numbered copies, archival sleeve, wrap around title/colophon sheet.
Date of publication July 2026. Taking advance orders.