Architecture As Intellectual Insurgence

ALCOA FACTORY PHOTOGRAPHS

2011-06-16T13:15:00.005+01:00

DOCUMENTATION OF NEW FACTORY IN EAST ICELAND 2010

SHOWING WORK FOR FIRST TIME AS PART OF A GROUP SHOW IN EAST LONDON 7TH JULY 2011

X5 WORKS FRAMED AT A VARIATION OF SCALES
C-PRINTS B/W SILVER GELATIN PRINTS XEROGRAPHIC PRINTS

OLYMPUS XA2 NEOPAN1600/FP4/PORTA 160NC

INFORMATION ON SHOWS THIS SUMMER

2011-06-16T11:49:00.003+01:00

5 SHOWS IN LONDON THIS SUMMER
IF ANYONE READS THIS AND KNOWS WHERE THESE PLACES ARE, THEN COME HAVE A LOOK.

> 7th july group show- Aluminum factory documentation- spitalfields E1
> 17th july group show- rent boys and demolition site in whitechapel - stoke
newington N16
> sept/oct solo show- Embassy of serbia- book launch/exhibition SW1X
> sept/oct solo show -(MSH) deptford- rent boys[smooth trade] SE8
> oct/nov 2 man show- secret location! E2

contact me peterroyalexander@googlemail.com

THE ARTIST AND THE WELSH

2011-03-18T19:30:00.000Z

SAO PAULO STREETS

2011-03-18T17:00:00.004Z

SAO PAULO STREETS
FEB MARCH 2011
DOCUMENTATION OF CITY WITHOUT ADVERTS/ANTI RAT CAGES

MINI ESPIO
XA2
YASHICA MF-1
KONICA AA35

london men

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portraits
may 2010

pentax mini espiso
kodak porta nc 160
fuji 200

BUILDINGS OF BELGRADE

2009-06-03T15:06:00.004+01:00

EDITION OF 200 80 PAGE BOOKS DETAILING THE UNIQUE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN SERBIA.
COMPLIED OVER FEBRUARY 2009, THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORTAGE AND DOCUMENTATION OF SOME OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE IS AVAILABLE IN MARCH FROM THE ARTIST.

290X210X8MM
100 GSM RCY XEROX
HARDBACK COVER

EDITION 200

KOSOVO INDEPENDANCE DAY 17TH FEB 09

2009-05-18T14:07:00.004+01:00

INDEPENDENCE DAY 1 YEAR ON 17TH FEB 09
AN ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION OF CONFLICT

OLYMPUS PEN EE
KODAK 160 NC/VC

PRINTS AVAILABLE FROM ARTIST
EDITIONS OF 10
30X21CM

WEST8

2009-01-13T17:01:00.002Z

DECEMBER 08

OLYMPUS PEN-EE
KODAK 160 NC
FUJI 400

s=SUFFOLk COast

2008-11-10T17:18:00.004Z

OLYMPUS PEN -EE
FUJI 400
KODAK NC 160

HACKNEY

2008-10-02T19:55:00.003+01:00

SUMMER COLOURS IN THE SLUMS\

KODAK 160NC
OLYMPUS PEN-EE

SOCAILISTS SPEAKING

2008-10-02T19:29:00.003+01:00

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

Series of ideological portraits documenting the speeches of the socialist party of Great Britain. forming part of an extensive project into the politics of speaking.

Taken on Olympus pen-ee and pentax mv
Kodak 160vc
Fuji 200

Remember that the state is not abolished, it withers away.

WIRELESS 2ND SINGLE 7 INCH/CD

2008-08-12T15:12:00.002+01:00

2ND SINGLE FOR THE WIRELESS

LIMITED CD WITH PICTURE DISC/INSERT

AND 7 INCH SILKSCREEN PRINT WHITE LABEL WITH POSTER

FIRST DESIGNS BEFORE PRINTING AUG 08

CONTACT ME OR THE BAND FOR AVAILABILITY :
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEWIRELESS
PETERALEXANDER1@HOTMAIL.COM

SIBERIAN ARCHITECTURE PUBLICATION

2008-08-10T23:01:00.005+01:00

UNKNOWN PLEASURES SIBERIAN ARCHITECTURE

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND UNSEEN BUILDINGS IN ASIA

EDITION 20 COPIES
HANDMADE BY THE ARTIST
270X135X13MM

AVAILABLE:

STATENS MUSET FOR KUNST - COPENHAGEN
DANSK FOTOGRAFI MUSET - COPENHAGEN
MOLLEGADES BORGHANDEL - COPENHAGEN

UTURDUR - REYKJAVIK

INSURGENCE OFFICE - LONDON

THE ISLAND OF HIRSEY JUNE 08

2008-08-10T22:40:00.003+01:00

OLYMPUS PEN -EE
KODAK 160 NC
FUJI 200 PRO

EGGS

I WANDER
WITHOUT FEAR

THE BUMPY DESERT
FURRY MOUNTAINS

AND

CRACKS
CLASP
MY ANKLES

AND HITCHCOCK

THEY DECEND

UNBEARABLE ANGUISH

PAIN

STANDING

A THIEF

INSIDE A BEDROOM
OF UNBORN CHILDREN

DROPPING BLOOD BOMBS

RUNNING

INDUSTRIAL ICELAND

2008-07-10T11:37:00.005+01:00

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A SERIES
OF SITE SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH WEST OF ICELAND

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LANDSVIRKJUN
ICELANDS NATIONAL POWER COMPANY.

FORMING PART OF THE ICELAND ARCHITECTURAL MAP
CHARTING THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL
UNQIUE PEOCES OF MODERN ARCHITCETURE.

EDITION OF 20 ONE OFF POSTERS
ARE AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM THE INSURGENCE OFFICE

UNIT C 86 GREENFIELD ROAD LONDON E1

DOCKLANDS

2008-04-29T23:27:00.003+01:00

A NEW COLLECTION OF, SITE SPECIFIC PHOTOS, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS CONCENTRATING ON THE FORMER POWERHOUSE OF THE SOUTH, THE LIGHT INDUSTRY, THE MANAFACTURE THAT MADE LONDON A GREAT CITY.

CURRENTLY REDUCED TO A NEW LABOUR BLANDNESS, OF EPIC PROPORTIONS. LIKE UNSALTED BUTTER, ROW AFTER ROW OF YUPPIE FILLED MARZIPAN DOGSHITS,WHERE ESTATE AGENTS RAT AROUND IN GOLF CARTS CHASING POLISH PROSTITUTES.

THIS IS ENGLAND, A FOUL AND BITTER CAVITY, WHERE ONCE GREAT MEN MADE GREAT THINGS.

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, LOOK TO EXPLORE THE FEELING OF LOSS, BETRAYL AND LONELINESS.

TO SEARCH IS TO FIND.

WHAT PIECE OF WORK A MAN. HOW NOBLE IN REASON, HOW
INFINITE IN FACULTIES, IN FORM AND MOVING..

TAKEN ON KODAK PORTA NC- PENTAX MV/ME SUPER/OLYMPUS PEN EE

SELECTION OF 3 FROM SET OF 40

PRINTS/PHOTOCOPIES ON CARD £150 EACH [200X300MM]

LONLEY GIANTS - MONGOLIAN EMBASSY EXHIBITION

2008-04-03T13:06:00.004+01:00

LAST WEDS I HAD AN EXHIBITION OF 30 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE MONGOLIAN EMBASSY LONDON.

FROM A SELECTION OF WORKS TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007

IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MONGOLIAN AMBASSADOR THE PICTURES CONCENTRATED UPON THEMES OF ARCHITECTURAL AGGRESSION AND FEAR. THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF SOVIET FORCES DURING THE COLD WAR AND A NEW CULTURAL SHIFT IN DESIGN SINCE 1990.

COLOUR LASER PRINTS ON 160G PAPER

EDITION OF 20 £300EACH

REYKJAVIK PHOTOGRAPHS [FEB 08]

2008-03-19T21:33:00.004Z

IMAGES WHICH FORM PART OF A LARGER AMBITION TO DOCUMENT ICELAND'S INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE, HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT.

UPON RETURN TO ICELAND IN THE SUMMER, I WILL EXPAND UPON THE WORK I HAVE PRODUCED IN KRAFLA GEOTHERMAL AND LAXA HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS WITH FIELD STUDIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND.

THE IMAGES, TAKEN IN MINUS 17 DEGREES TEMPERATURES WITH GALE FORCE WINDS, HINT AT THE HARSH BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE, AND THE DOGGED RESOURCEFULNESS OF ITS PROUD INHABITANTS.

FORMATS AND EXHIBITION LAYOUT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DECIDED AND A SPECIFIC EDIT OF ICELANDS INDUSTRIAL ENGINE WILL BE SHOWN IN LONDON AND REYKJAVIK.

SELECTED IMAGES AVAILABLE IN C PRINTS £200 EACH EDITION OF 20 PETERALEXANDER1@HOTMAIL.COM

WIRELESS 7 INCH PRINTED

2008-03-17T21:46:00.004Z

DEBUT SINGLE FOR THE FRESH LONDON INDIE/ROCK BAND THE WIRELESS OUT OF THE PRINTERS THIS WEEK.

WHITE VINYL WITH GRAPHIC INLAY INSIDE INVERTED TECHNICAL PLANS OF PRISON SYSTEM.

HAVING WORKED WITH THE LADS OVER THE LAST YEAR I HAVE DEVELOPED A BRAND AND GRAPHIC IMAGE FOR THE BAND. INCLUDING BANNER AND WEBSITE ARTWORK [AUGUST 2007]CD PROMO [RELEASED NOV 2007] SEVEN INCH SINGLE [JUNE 2008].

I AM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THEIR SECOND SINGLE ARTWORK USING IMAGES CONSTRUCTED AND OBTAINED IN ICELAND 2008.

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEWIRELESS

CHESSMEN - ICELAND

2008-03-17T21:15:00.003Z

NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT DOCUMENTING CHESS PLAYERS IN FAMILIAR HABITATS, THE ISOLATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE ROMANCE OF THE BOARD AND INTENSE RELATIONSHIPS FORMED BETWEEN STRANGERS.

RECORDING YOUTH TEAMS/ INDIVIDUALS AND ELDERLY PLAYERS ACROSS ICELAND I HAVE BEGUN TO ASSEMBLE A POWERFUL RANGE OF EMOTIONS, ATMOSPHERES AND CONSTRUCTS, WHICH I WILL DEVELOP UPON RETURN TO ICELAND.

THE NOTION OF EXPLICIT CONCENTRATION UPON CHESS PLAYERS IS ONE THAT I AM EXTENDING TO FORM ANOTHER MONOGRAPH PUBLICATION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
ALL WORK TAKEN ON PENTAX MV 35MM ISO 400/200

PRINTS IN EDITIONS OF 5 ARCHIVAL ON PAPER £350 CONTACT PETERALEXANDER1@HOTMAIL.COM

PUTINS PARADISE 2008 SIBERIAN EXHIBTION

2008-03-17T17:26:00.008Z

PUTINS PARADISE EXHIBITION 2008 AKUREYRI

DEBUT ARCHITECTURAL/PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOW COMPRISING 25 CONSTRUCTIONS ASSEMBLED IN LONDON AND ICELAND, FROM A 5 WEEKS TOUR OF ASIA AND EASTERN EUROPE.

A CULMINATION OF A ONE MONTH RESIDENCY AWARDED BY THE GIL SOCIETY IN AKUREYRI, TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF ICELAND AND ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

A LARGE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTIST VISITED THE SHOW AND PETER PLANS TO RETURN TO ICELAND TO CONTINUE PHOTOGRAPHIC THE BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY OF THE ISLAND.

THE 25 IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE IN BOOK FORM AT £200 EACH [EDITION OF 25] CONTACT PETERALEXANDER1@HOTMAIL.COM

KIEV-MACAU [ONE MAN, 5.5 WEEKS, 6300 MILES]

2008-03-15T21:44:00.001Z

DEBUT ENTRY OF MY PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR OF RUSSIA, THE UKRAINE, MONGOLIA, CHINA, HONG KONG AND [SAR] MACAU.

IN ORDER TO GROW, A MAN MUST EXPERIENCE LIFE. TO TRAVEL RUSSIA IS TO SEE LIFE. LIFE IN ALL ITS HIDEOUS TRUTH.

AS PART OF A BOOK, CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT, I WILL BE ENTERING EXCERPTS AND IMAGES, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN ICELAND [FEB 2008]

DAY 1

NOTHING HAS CHANGED, THIS IS NO LONGER EUROPE. REMIND ME NEVER TO DISMOUNT AN AIRCRAFT WEARING A TRENCH COAT/MOLESKIN HAT/DURAN DURAN T-SHIRT AS LONG AS I LIVE.
A PARADE OF NOT JUST VERY BLANK BUT VERY UGLY FACES GREATS YOU IN KIEV. THE MOUTHS ATTACHED TO THE AFORE MENTIONED, EJACULATE THE MOST FOUL AND OFFENSIVE NOISES FOR WHAT PASSES AS CONVERSATION. THE REST STARE THROUGH YOU AS IF YOU WERE THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT AND INEFFECTUAL OBJECT.

AFTER BEING SHAKEN, PULLED AND AGGRESSIVELY CONFRONTED BY AN OVER ZEALOUS TEENAGE TAXI DRIVER, IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT I COULD SPEAK GERMAN. THIS SEEMED TO BE QUITE A SUCCESSFUL REVELATION, UNTIL ANOTHER SPADE-FACED THUG HAD A SIMILAR EPIPHANY.

HIS GERMAN WAS BETTER THAN MINE. I RAN ONTO THE NEAREST BUS, THIS TURNED OUT TO BE GOING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF KIEV AND THEREFORE, DESPITE IT PAINFULLY CRAMPED INTERIOR SERVED IT IMMEDIATE AND SOMEWHAT DESPERATE PURPOSE.

WRITING THIS TODAY, I AM CONVINCED, THAT BEING CRAMPED BETWEEN A RUSTY WINDOW FRAME AND AN OVERWEIGHT SEX OFFENDER ON A SMELLY 45 YEAR OLD WEST GERMAN SCHOOL BUS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY FIRST DAY IN KIEV.

THERE IS SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY HONEST ABUT FEELING AND SMELLING LIKE A UKRAINIAN SARDINE, BEARING THIS IN MIND, DON’T EAT THE FISH.

LIKE A FILM, IVE DREAMT BUT NEVER SEEN, A DISTOPIAN CANDYMANS CHICAGO, OR THAT BBC DOCUMENTARY ON SEX TOURISTS IN BUCHAREST, THE APARTMENT BLOCKS, INSANE LONELY AND PROUD, EMOTIONALLY CRIPPLING IN SCALE AND MOUTH-WATERINGLY DELICIOUS IN THEIR BELLIGERENCE.

LIKE DUSTY FINGERS RADIATING FROM THE CITIES WARTY AND ROTTEN SOUL, CLUSTERS OF CAULIFLOWERS ERUPT FROM ITS SKIN, LIKE SOME AWFUL BUT POPULAR SEXUAL INFECTION.
EVERY CITIZEN’S WORST NIGHTMARE, MY DREAM COME TRUE.

I ALIGHTED THE BUS AT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A BUSTLING TRANSPORT HUB. SWEATY AND BEWILDRED, I STAGGERED LIKE RAPED PENGUIN ON A SUNNY BEACH, FLOUNDERING FOR SOMETHING, FINDING ONLY TRAGICALLY DRESSED TEENAGERS AND SOLDIERS WITH HATS, THAT ON 97% OF THE DEVELOPED HUMAN SKULL WOULD BE FAR TOO BIG, I WAS LOST.

IT WAS NOW 5.30PM, WITH GIN IN MY BELLY AND FAILURE ON MY FACE, I MADE WHAT, TO MOST PEOPLE WOULD SEEM TO BE THE LOGICAL DECISION AND MADE FOR THE METRO, IN THE VAIN HOPE THAT IT MIGHT MAGICALLY TRANSPORT ME TO MY CORRECT DESTINATION [KONTRAKTOVIA PLOSCHA]WITH EASE. I WAS BANG WRONG.

AFTER BEING BUNDLED INTO A BROOM CUPBOARD BY TWO OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVELY SEVERE INDIVIDUALS, MY SCREAMS FOR HELP WERE NO LONGER AUDIBLE AS THE DOOR SLAMMED AND A FAT SWEATY FIST PUSHED OVER MY MOUTH. A PAINFUL RESIGNATION DESCENDED UPON ME, PINNED AGAINST THE SOAPY PLASTER IN ROOM WHERE FRIGHTENED PEASANTS STARED BLANKLY INTO THE DISTANCE, UPON LEAVING, THE ROOM I WAS 70 PERCENT SURE I WOULD DIE IN, I DEPOSITED MY PLASTIC COIN TOKEN [1/2 GRIVNA] AND DESCENDED INTO PERHAPS THE DEEPEST TUNNEL EVER CONCEIVED. .
ITS NOT LIKE LONDON, YOU CAN’T PLAY GAMES. THE NOTION OF TACITLY BLOCKING A MIDDLE AGED SECRETARY SUDDENLY SEEMED DISINGENUOUS.
NAVIGATION OF THESE ELABORATE BOMB SHELTERS, PROVED CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE, ATTEMPTS AT LANGUAGE ARE MET WITH BOTH FRACTIOUS OBSTINATE REACTIONS, ONE MUST STAGGER FOR MILES TO CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT LINES, VIA COMPLEX STAIR/RAMP WALKWAY SYSTEMS, AND EVEN THEN YOU STILL DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.

I ARRIVED AT THE WRONG STATION; I GOT OUT AT THE WRONG EXIT AND SPOKE TO THE WRONG BLOKE, THAT IS IF YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE ANY FORM OF PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION.

I GOT TO THE HOSTEL, BEHIND THE BACK OF SOME ALLEYWAY IN AN APARTMENT BLOCK ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I WAS THERE TWENTY MINUTES. THE HOSTEL BURNT DOWN.

AFTER WATCHING FIREMAN SMASH OUT THE WINDOWS ONTO MY FACE, TELEVISIONS THROWN ONTO MY FEET AND RETRIEVING MY SODDEN SACK OF CLOTHES FROM THE CHARD REMAINS OF THE GUESTHOUSE, I CHUCKED THEM INTO THE SWEATY BOOT OF THE SKODA AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AFFILIATED HOSTEL, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF A DESERTED APARTMENT BLOCK FORTIFIED BEHIND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY.

ITS 10PM. I HAVEN’T EATEN, AND MY MOUTH FEELS AS IF ITS BEEN VACUUMED, HEATED AND FITTED WITH A SANDPAPER CARPET.

I AM TIRED.

DUE TO MY WEAKENED AND RAPIDLY DELIRIOUS STATE OF MIND, I WAS OBLIGED TO ACCOMPANY AN AMERICAN AND A PONY TAILED SPANIARD INTO THE CENTRE IN SEARCH OF [FOR SCOTT- A SEXY-ASSED LADY, FOR ME- SOME KIND OF SANDWICH/PIZZA BASED PRODUCT, 3. FOR PABLO- SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION]
PABLO WENT HOME. ME AND SCOTT DESCENDED INTO ‘INDEPENDENCE SQUARE’, WHERE I GOT A BOTTLE OF TUBORG GOLD AND SOME CHIPS.

DAY 2- KIEV