Lockdown Diary
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2020
Artist: Stefan Kaufmann (Trinidadian)
Dimensions:
Journal 1: 28.5 x 23cm
Journal 2: 21 x 15cm
Medium: Technical pen and ballpoint pen on two paper journals
Object number: UAC 1002
DescriptionStefan studied MFA Fine Art at Wimbledon College of Arts. He says:
'Lockdown Diary' tracks 80 days from the beginning of social distancing measures for the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, to early June when the lockdown easing coincided with the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests which ensued.
The diary is an unreliable account of an unreliable time. It shows a descent into confusion, contradiction, and conspiracy via a narrator made more unreliable by the very institutions feigning authority or justice. To be frank, it shows the capitalistic insidiousness and indifference of media and government.’
'Lockdown Diary' tracks 80 days from the beginning of social distancing measures for the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, to early June when the lockdown easing coincided with the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests which ensued.
The diary is an unreliable account of an unreliable time. It shows a descent into confusion, contradiction, and conspiracy via a narrator made more unreliable by the very institutions feigning authority or justice. To be frank, it shows the capitalistic insidiousness and indifference of media and government.’