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E MacDonald
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Mists clearing
My return to London from Istanbul in the summer of 2022 after a few decades of absence has taken its toll on my 'output'. Liminal Arts...
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E MacDonald
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Urban Iconography
There are times when one needs to experiment with a completely new medium. Following my fascination with ageing and rusting environments...
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E MacDonald
- Aug 25, 2022
- 1 min
Coca-Cola Cremation
The wide streets seemed a world away from the narrow medieval blacksmith's quarter we were used to drinking tea in. Huge trucks hauled in...
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E MacDonald
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Aftermath
One moment on a Friday afternoon, sun filtering through the window of the upstairs workshop. Storm clouds gather across the Black sea...
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E MacDonald
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
Deptford Beach
The Thames has meandered its way passing by the great and good of central London. The Houses of Parliament, the Tate Modern, the...
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E MacDonald
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
Scribbles
Piles of paper remained on the desk. There were old invoices, tool catalogues, boxes of cigarettes and random items scattered in small...
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E MacDonald
- May 18, 2022
- 1 min
UOS Sculpture Park
The UOS sculpture park has been open for many years but has not enjoyed great renown in the Istanbul art world. The reasons for this are...
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E MacDonald
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Before prayers...
"I come to work everyday by boat" said the sheet metal cutter. Apparently he lived on one of the islands in the Marmara sea and came in...
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E MacDonald
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Abstract obsolescence
We would sit, drink tea and mull over domestic and international developments. The events in Istanbul in 2013 seemed alarming as...
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E MacDonald
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Weariness
I heard this week that traffic in Istanbul has reduced by 30%, Fuel prices have soared in the last few months as inflation bites, it...
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E MacDonald
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
Mechanic's shoes
The tea was flowing freely and the cigarettes were being smoked. The air was warm and the late Friday afternoon feeling was beginning to...
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E MacDonald
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Merc Respray
He was a young man with some educational special needs but had been given an opportunity to learn the craft of vehicle body spray by our...
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E MacDonald
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Framing the Day
Time sheds its dust in the corners of the workshop. Tobacco smoke sticks to the walls. Cigarette ash turns to powder in the cracks whilst...
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E MacDonald
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
The Stairs - Karaköy, İstanbul
Sunlight filters through the leaves of the vine striking the uneven, though smoothed, masonry (allegedly the remains of the Genovese...
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E MacDonald
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Still Life
The hum of machinery throbs through the basement ceiling, a muffled silence pervades the dark space. Cave-like but not damp, cavernous...
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E MacDonald
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Boots, Bridges and the Queen
The scap iron collectors boots had first appeared to me as he’d pushed his cart past the vehicle repair shop which I had the misfortune...
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E MacDonald
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Exhaust
The huge claw rolled the bundle of reclaimed rebar as a cat would toss a ball of wool from paw to paw. Lifting it up and dropping it,...
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