Philip Lee - Portfolio

December 2006

Four photographs created collaboratively
by Romain Forquy and Philip Lee

The collaborative project included performances,
for camera only, which are a continuation of
Lee's 'Stable' body-printing work

From the Beating Time online book project

It is the essence of a performance
to take place within a specific period of time.
Performed for the audience in a continuous flow
with a beginning and an end.

There is no time for looking back,
no repetition in slow motion.
Time passes and brings it to a close.
Time conducts the performance.

Photography stages the performance,
distorts it and freezes its essence.
Just as the still image abstracts time-flow,
the close-ups abstract the action.
The photographs negate the passing of time.
They become the work by beating time.

Beating Time online book

The Beating Time book is online! You can download the pdf and purchase the book here. 'Beating Time' is the title of a themed exhibition of artwork by a group of London based artists presented in book form. 252 pages, 7.44" x 9.68", perfect binding, full-colour interior ink