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IN THE STRAIT OF THE CRIMSON NAIN: AN OBSERVATION BY SCOTT HOCKING is an ongoing photography series, documenting the disappearing wonders of Detroit. The series focuses on observation: a sprawling compendium of walls, words, images, and anomalies photographed throughout the city. Partly influenced by my love of old hand-painted signage, a remnant from my days as a sign painter, and partly influenced by the unintentional poetry of decaying or obsolete signage, the peculiar fonts, the archaic glyph, the randomly stranded word or image, and words in general. The Crimson Nain attempts to capture elements of Old Detroit, The Strait, that are vanishing: things that were once commonplace, but became symbols of a different, fading time. Documenting things that might not be there the next time you drive by—capturing signs, symbols, and ciphers of Detroit history before they’re gone. The title of the series references Detroit’s origins and my own: the French naming of Le Détroit (The Strait), the Native/French hybrid legend of the Nain Rouge (Red Dwarf), the mythological imp that portends Detroit’s often grim future, and a riff on the 1969 album In The Court Of The Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson, a record that blew my mind as a kid and has influenced my artistic and musical tastes ever since. |
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