‘Life begins on the other side of despair.’ ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
01 February 2025
The Dub Spectrum Project has evolved over the years via numerous creative experiments. At present, the main focus is on landscape photography and writing.
I have a lifelong fascination with trees; I find them every bit as unique, enigmatic, expressive, vulnerable, poetic, beautiful and melancholic as any sculpture! I aim to capture the mystery permeating nature’s myriad complexity with a particular interest in the seasonal colours of woodland areas found along my native Dartmoor (itself steeped in myth and folklore).
I also write under the pseudonym, Percival Alexander, who forms a kind of medium to channel the despair I feel at the dreadful direction the world seems to be heading.
Visually, I draw from a creative philosophy with a DIY ethic, inspired by the underground music I grew up around in the ’80s and ’90s, which possesses some similarities to English romanticism and what the Japanese refer to as ‘yutori’ (meaning ‘space’), while Percival embodies a decidedly gonzo jaunt into the absurdity of modern life – almost as if different creative avenues access different parts of the soul. I am not entirely sure how this relationship came to be, but nevertheless embrace the idea of art as resistance by way of re-enchantment.
Extracts from my debut novel Adrift in Amnesia can be found here. Extracts from my first book of poetry The Cycle Diaries can be found here.
truth is vibe.
The Dub Spectrum Project
unityofkana(at)gmail(dot)com