Anthony Cummins
The Space Between

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Anthony Cummins — The Space Between: An Illustration & Photography Project

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Introduction: The Space Between by Anthony Cummins

“The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.”
G. K. Chesterton

Week One: The Space Between by Anthony Cummins

The Space Between: Week One

Nessie

After years of trying to sight the humans fabled to inhabit the dry lands, Nessie resigned herself to spending quiet evenings in the park alone.

Bob's Mate

Bob… Bob… Come on Bob! Get up here and pose for the photo… Please Bob, it will be hilarious…

Aliens

With the cattle experiments finally concluded, the next logical step with Operation Terra was to get the umbrella harvesting underway.

Gerald

Gerald much preferred dining out in the city. There was just so much more choice.

Bruce

After a brief period of contemplation, Bruce concluded that he was never going to try and rescue a robin again…

Week Two: The Space Between

What Happened to Lenny

‘Don't eat the worms,’ she said, ‘You know what happened to Lenny,’ she said…

Jimmy

With none of the others in sight, Jimmy began to question why he had been given a different map to everyone else.

The Caterpillar Highway

Nobody knew when the structure had been built, or its intended purpose, but at least it kept the caterpillars out of harm's way and off the streets.

Planning Permission

It still irked King Wensell that the neighbours had never received planning permission for the renovations to their two bedroom cottage.

The Road Less Travelled

As the hours slowly ticked by on a narrow, lonely stretch of road, the terrain to the right of the vehicle became ever more tempting…

Week Three: The Space Between

Fharzgragg

“Keep smiling,” Fharzgragg thought to himself, “maybe one of them will offer to help pull you out.”

Not the Big Bird

Bea always felt more relaxed when the opportunity arose to spend some time away from the hood.

Biggs

While not the X-Wing he had been promised, Biggs was just happy to be part of the rebellion.

Rooms for Let

Still unable to find any accommodation, Tim decided it was finally time to make enquiries at Number 21.

Exercise Yard

Before he had even cleared the perimeter, Gus began to realise he should have spent a little more time in the exercise yard.

Week Four: The Space Between

Location Location Location

While the location was lovely, it wasn’t long before the Jenkins started wishing that they had bought something slightly more practical to live in.

The Royal Equestrian Society

After being laughed out of the Royal Equestrian Society, Dorothy began making plans to teach them all a damned good lesson…

The Moon

The moon would have enjoyed hanging out at the beach more often, if only the sun would come out a little more.

Stop & Go

Stop had always been envious of the freedom that Go enjoyed.

Gabriel's Harp

With the celestial harp currently in for tuning and repairs, Gabriel started to investigate other alternatives.

Week Five: The Space Between

Cards with Edmond

While a nice enough chap to enjoy a few drinks with, playing cards with Edmond was never a good idea.

Bug Zapper

Looking at the strength of the beam, Neil realised it wouldn’t be long before he had to charge the mosquito zapper again.

Arrrr

Henry's first vessel was not the galleon he had hoped for, but then again every aspiring pirate had to start somewhere

Boys Own Adventure

For the third time in a row Mark came to the surface in a strange and unknown world. He started to wonder if the pressure was getting to him.,/p>

Copy Writer

After a long day at the office writing copy, Otto always enjoyed taking some time out and putting his feet up.

Credits: The Space Between by Anthony Cummins

All the work in this publication was produced over the thirty-one days for Gallery Red's annual exhibition 31 DAYS.

To answer the brief, the space between, I decided to explore what would happen if my illustration and photography met.

The idea behind the exhibition is to produce one artwork a day for thirty-one days, which turns out to be a pretty big ask. I have finished up with twenty-five works and one publication to hold them all. Approaching the end of the project I became loathe to separate the individual works from each other.

The 'weeks' that make up the chapters are loosely based on the bursts of creativity that produced the artwork. 'Week Five' was initially called 'Extra Time' but consistency eventually won over.

A big thank you to Jus, my beautiful wife, as well as Tristan, Ingrid and Elly, my colleagues, who have all been encouraging, supportive and patient with me as I have worked on putting this together.

Thanks also to Allison, for her last minute editorial assistance.

Design & typesetting by Red Ant Media
www.redantmedia.com.au
Phone: 0411 552 076

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