Have you ever wondered about the myth and folklore surrounding you on your trip to Ikea for that new flat pack wardrobe? Or the strange world that exists in Tesco’s car park when you do your weekly shop? Perhaps not - but today's guest, Gareth E. Rees, certainly has.
Gareth has made it his mission to explore the magic of the everyday by recontextualising the unloved spaces we occupy in modern life. Author of 'Car Park Life', 'Marshland', and 'The Stone Tide', his latest work takes its title from his website- Unofficial Britain- a mixture of fiction, articles, music and art offering unusual perspectives on the contemporary landscape.
Gareth and I discuss what triggered his interest in the mundane, and our conversation explores spaces like marshlands, industrial estates, carparks, and rubbish tips. We also discuss the theatricality of hospitals and the romanticisation of roundabouts and motorways.
(Recorded November 2020)
Ep 28: Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds ft. Gareth E. Rees
Ep 27: Out Of Sight And In Your Face: Street Art & Graffiti ft. Chris Pensa
Ep 26: Making Sense With All the Senses: Tangible Territory, Artistic Research & Dining in the Dark ft. Dr Tereza Stehlíková
Ep 25: Mudlarking & London Clay ft. Tom Chivers
Ep 24: The Uncanny: Freud, Ghost Stories & Christmas ft. Richard V. Hirst
Ep 23: Photography and a sense of place: Autochrome
Ep 22: Music with a sense of place: Rocketman ft. Lizzy Laurance
Ep 21: Exploring Post War & Contemporary Architecture ft. John Grindrod
Ep 20: Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape ft. Cal Flyn
Ep 19: Zines with a sense of place ft. Kieran Cutting, Christian Kitson, Richard Daniels & Simon Moreton
Ep 18: The Macabre World Of Dark Tourism ft. Dr Philip Stone
Ep 17: Liminality from an Archaeological perspective ft. Rebecca Lambert
Ep 15: Our stinking city: the importance of smell when understanding place ft. Dr. Alex Rhys-Taylor
Ep 14: Hauntology: Nostalgia, disquiet & lost futures ft. Bob Fischer
Ep 13: Medieval Graffiti ft. Matthew Champion
Ep 12: Liminal Narratives: stories of the betwixt and between ft. Ian Rodwell
Ep 11: Bringing to life the stories of Australia's regional towns ft. Hamish Sewell
Ep 10: The power of Vortexes: How earth's energies can effect our sense of place ft. Dan Shaw
Ep 9: Britain’s Forgotten Footpaths: The fight to save our historic rights of way ft. Jack Cornish
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