Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2007
White Trash
"my father raymond is a chronic alcoholic.he doesn't like going outside, my mother elizabeth hardly drinks, but she does smoke a lot.she likes pets and things that are decorative.they married in 1970 and I was born soon after.my younger brother jason was taken into care when he was 11,but now he is back with ray and liz again.recently he became a father.'dad was some kind of mechanic, but he's always been an alcoholic. it has just got worse over the years. he gets drunk on cheap cider at the off license. he drinks a lot at nights now and gets up late.originally, our family lived in a terraced house, but they blew all the redundancy money and, in desperation, sold the house. then we moved to the council tower block, where ray just sits in and drinks. that's the thing about my dad, there's no subject he's interestedin, except drink." [1]
richard billingham, vorgeschlagen für den turner price 2001, über seine eltern, deren leben er in einem fotobuch namens ray's a laugh dokumentierte. seine bilder waren nicht nur in der tate gallery, sondern auch in museen in deutschland, italien, dänemark, irland, in belgien und den usa ausgestellt.[2]
[1] http://www.designboom.com/eng/funclub/billingham.html (17.06.2007)
[2] Vgl. ebd.
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Fritzchen möchte eine auf dem Boden liegende Bananenschale aufheben, da unterbricht ihn seine Oma : "Fritzchen, was auf der Straße liegt hebt man nicht auf!" Woraufhin die Oma prompt auf der Bananenschale ausrutscht. "Fritzchen, so hilf der Oma doch wieder auf die Beine!" Darauf Fritzchen: "Nein Oma, was auf der Straße liegt hebt man nicht auf"
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