Teresa Maria Budworth
Using drawing and printmaking to explore psychogeography, belonging and invisible barriers within urban space
Using drawing and printmaking to explore psychogeography, belonging and invisible barriers within urban space
This drawing represents a brutalist car park serving a shopping mall in my home town. Built in the 1970s, and now in a poor state of repair, it mirrors the decline of the town centre as a whole. The damp, dark interior and forbidding stairwells with their stench of urine present a further disincentive for shoppers, who have abandoned the mall and migrated to the out-of-town shops with free well-lit parking.
15 Minutes to Exit, 150 x 85 cm, Charcoal on paper mounted on canvas
The remnants of the Victorian railway station stone infrastructure remain in this split-level station with an imposed facade from the 1960s rebuild. The tunnel leads to the stairwell to the upper platforms but restricts the view of who could be around the corner on this lonely station.
Departing from Platform 4. 150 x 85cm, Charcoal on paper mounted on canvas
This is an intersection of the historic canal system in Birmingham, with the brutalist Gravelly Hill Interchange – commonly known as “Spaghetti Junction” dwarfing it.
Up the Junction, 150 x 85 cm. Charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas