The Drawbridge.

When I attended the Paul Davis Lecture back in July, he mentioned that he was the drawing editor of The Drawbridge: http://www.thedrawbridge.org.uk/ which is an independant quarterly delivering though, wit and reflection through words, photography and drawing. It is said to be: 'critically nonsensical and radically serious'. I had ordered Issue 15, entitled: 'First Love' (Above) and today it arrived!

The Drawbridge takes the form of a full colour newspaper, designed elegantly and in each issue, authors and artists cast an unflinching look at a selected theme and then produced in the magazine are a suprising combination of views and insights/ways of interpretation of that theme. This is what I'm trying to come to terms with in my work at the moment and I want to try and take things which I see, in this magazine it's really interesting to see the different ways in which artists and authors have approached a specific theme. It's helped me to understand different ways in which you can react to things and how to then/how you could reflect this or communicate this in your/my work. I also really like the concept and how simple the idea is, bringing people together to produce their own interpretations of a specific theme and putting it together in a witty, clever and attractive way. I want to look at more collectives coming together to present their views through illustrations...

“A cunning construction of reinforcement and defence, The Drawbridge lives up to its name.”
John Berger