Archives & testimonies

The site as a poetic archive

Beyond displaying the works, the project carries a documentary memory made of book extracts, photographs, criticism, close voices and working traces.

The elements presented here condense the main document types described in the brief. They show how Peter Goode's work was preserved, looked at, commented on and transmitted.

Peter Goode at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival

We wish to share the unique vision of Peter as artist with as many as possible.

Josie Pollentine

Painting associated with the introduction
Book extract

Josie Pollentine's introduction

The opening text of The Moon on the Window / The Sun on the Canvas, where Josie recalls her companionship with Peter and the wish to share his vision widely.

Source: The Moon on the Window / The Sun on the Canvas.

Exhibition photograph from Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Archive photograph

Brian Taylor and the photographic record

A major part of the visual documentation comes from photographs made by Brian Taylor during exhibitions and public presentations.

Credit: Brian Taylor and family archives.

Sketchbook used as a documentary trace
Testimony

Family voices

Accounts from Peter's children describe the ways he concealed his inability to read, his practical intelligence and the importance he placed on education.

Quoted in the book from Peter Goode's children.

Ink postcard associated with critical archive
Critical document

Amanda Ravetz, Gillian Frost, Michael Ann Mullen

The project gathers multiple forms of attention: film, professional photography, criticism, educational context and long companionship.

Contributors named in the project documents.

Ink postcard and poetic caption
Exhibition caption

All life lives on a leaf

Exhibition captions often stand in for titles and micro-poems. They link the image directly to a mobile, suggestive language.

Historic captions transcribed from the archive.

Earth Mother sculpture in the archive
Photographic archive

Sculptures, carvings, installations

The sculpture photos remind us that part of Peter's work circulated outside institutions, through festivals, trails and local presentations.

Exhibition and installation photography.