Acid Pavilion Series
‘Acid Pavilion’ – The Future’s so Bright, it’s Twisted
See Jacqueline Hammond’s new take on the famous Brighton landmark.
The future’s “twisted but bright”, according to talented Brighton-based artist, Jacqueline Hammond, whose futuristic ‘Acid Pavilion’ photo series depicts Brighton and Hove’s famous landmark as it’s never been seen before.
Jacqueline says: “I’m becoming well-known for my paintings of Brighton and, after the success of the May event in Hanover, I decided to show some of my photos on the Christmas Open House Trail. As photos of Brighton have become extremely popular, I wanted to turn the theme on its head. Buildings are an obvious choice and I wanted to tie the Pavilion in with my recurring water/reflections theme and my comic strip Venice series, where the buildings are in cartoon and the reflections in the canal are realistic.
“I wanted to find water with a reflection and heard there was a pond in the Pavilion Gardens that I hadn’t seen before. With my four-year-old daughter gathering pebbles to throw in the pond, and me lying on the floor to compose the desired shot, we must have looked a real sight. We attracted attention from tourists, who took their own photos of us. I took shots of the Pavilion in the snow and also studied the building from interesting angles - looking up pillars and arches, etc.
“It’s amazing how a slight ripple on the pond’s surface could distort the building enough to make it look 'wonky' and 'surreal'. The ripples accentuated the global influences in the architecture, somehow making them 'of another world' - alien, space age, futuristic, psychedelic.”
She adds: “Images reflect our modern day, digitally enhanced, saturated world and my paintings have a 'hyper real', graphic feel to them. Rather than attempt to paint the pavilion in a similar way, it made sense to use the photos themselves. Manipulating the photos with colour alterations in Adobe Photoshop gave the images a painterly quality.
“I think what my photos say about Brighton that the future’s bright, if a little twisted, and things aren’t set in stone. There’ll always be new ways of looking at the old and achieving regeneration – moving on to a ‘brave new world’.”
See Jacqueline Hammond’s new take on the famous Brighton landmark.
The future’s “twisted but bright”, according to talented Brighton-based artist, Jacqueline Hammond, whose futuristic ‘Acid Pavilion’ photo series depicts Brighton and Hove’s famous landmark as it’s never been seen before.
Jacqueline says: “I’m becoming well-known for my paintings of Brighton and, after the success of the May event in Hanover, I decided to show some of my photos on the Christmas Open House Trail. As photos of Brighton have become extremely popular, I wanted to turn the theme on its head. Buildings are an obvious choice and I wanted to tie the Pavilion in with my recurring water/reflections theme and my comic strip Venice series, where the buildings are in cartoon and the reflections in the canal are realistic.
“I wanted to find water with a reflection and heard there was a pond in the Pavilion Gardens that I hadn’t seen before. With my four-year-old daughter gathering pebbles to throw in the pond, and me lying on the floor to compose the desired shot, we must have looked a real sight. We attracted attention from tourists, who took their own photos of us. I took shots of the Pavilion in the snow and also studied the building from interesting angles - looking up pillars and arches, etc.
“It’s amazing how a slight ripple on the pond’s surface could distort the building enough to make it look 'wonky' and 'surreal'. The ripples accentuated the global influences in the architecture, somehow making them 'of another world' - alien, space age, futuristic, psychedelic.”
She adds: “Images reflect our modern day, digitally enhanced, saturated world and my paintings have a 'hyper real', graphic feel to them. Rather than attempt to paint the pavilion in a similar way, it made sense to use the photos themselves. Manipulating the photos with colour alterations in Adobe Photoshop gave the images a painterly quality.
“I think what my photos say about Brighton that the future’s bright, if a little twisted, and things aren’t set in stone. There’ll always be new ways of looking at the old and achieving regeneration – moving on to a ‘brave new world’.”
