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Suburban Utopia, An Infertile Place (SU4IP)
Lyndon Watkinson


Lyndon Watkinson (1999) is an artist, designer, writer, and musician based in Sheffield, UK. Democratising art and art context through artworks, publications, graphic design, articles, and sound. Creative director and founder of the online arts organisation SU4IP. His work is characterised by a desire for precision, often depicting aesthetics that celebrate and criticise the absurdity of corporatized identity, calling into question the necessity of creating false exteriors when what is not seen is often just as important.

In late 2020, a blog post entitled Suburban Utopia, An Infertile Place formed part of the wider inquiry and development of his practice for his bachelor's degree in fine art. As his work matured, he applied this term as a formalisation of his creative endeavours, later abbreviating it to SU4IP, now used as a digital alias and publishing entity.

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Suburban Utopia, An Infertile Place (SU4IP)
Lyndon Watkinson


Lyndon Watkinson (1999) is an artist, designer, writer, and musician based in Sheffield, UK. Democratising art and art context through artworks, publications, graphic design, articles, and sound. Creative director and founder of the online arts organisation SU4IP. His work is characterised by a desire for precision, often depicting aesthetics that celebrate and criticise the absurdity of corporatized identity, calling into question the necessity of creating false exteriors when what is not seen is often just as important.

In late 2020, a blog post entitled Suburban Utopia, An Infertile Place formed part of the wider inquiry and development of his practice for his bachelor's degree in fine art. As his work matured, he applied this term as a formalisation of his creative endeavours, later abbreviating it to SU4IP, now used as a digital alias and publishing entity.

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Higher Places,

Digital Collage, 2022

Higher Places recreates a dreamt experience of visiting a storage unit situated atop a cold, snow-covered mountain.

The purpose-built nature of the subject contrasts with the uncertainty of its existence, compelling the desire to recreate this feeling.

Higher Places is a reminder to appreciate our circumstances rather than to invoke stress by questioning our current choices and previous decisions.



︎    Higher Places is a recreation of a dreamt experience. A storage unit situated at a high altitude atop a snowy mountain, with a vinyl sticker of a mountain graphic pasted on its door.

The appearance of this structure implies that it was built for purpose, inciting absolute certainty in contrast with the questionable feelings this experience invoked. As a result, this concept for an artwork felt like something I had to fulfil, despite my lack of understanding of what it meant.

To echo the first-hand account of this visit, the design and colour choices of Higher Places appear vivid, vibrant, and surreal to allow the audience to best immerse themselves in this encounter.

Higher Places is a commentary on individual purpose and a realisation that our navigation through life is often dictated by gut feelings and coincidences rather than a formula used to determine the best possible outcomes. Ultimately, we should spend less time wondering why we are here and more time appreciating where we are.