Mike Kelly- MA Photography
Mike lives and works in Rossendale, just north of Manchester. His work frequently begins with exploration of place - often his local moorland, sometimes further afield - and what impact the pace of change has on meaning. The north of England was the crucible for the industrial revolution and, later, the computer age. Waves of technology broke across a landscape that endured and, with time, set about steadily erasing its scars, the grand schemes of previous generations rendered meaningless.
Whilst these imposed, human systems fade, Mike’s work recognises that certain places, certain objects, seem to reflect another kind of logic, one that is perhaps operating on a different timescale and register to our own.
His use of printing and construction techniques results in work that often resists obvious reading, disrupting the initial encounter and asking the viewer to reconsider what is seen and what can be understood, making meaning and perception its subject.
