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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Digital Collage, 2022
Red Roof is an observation of liminal spaces. Emulating feelings of being ‘penned in’ within assorted layers of cladding, concrete, and brick. This work strips away the tactile elements of these materials, leaving behind a minimal and dream-like representation of residential landscapes with rich gradients.
The connotations of the colour red contrast with its appearance, bringing to light the often overlooked and harmful consequences of suburbia. Examples include forced isolation, carbon emissions, and wildlife displacement.
︎ Red Roof is a photographic observation of liminal, outlying spaces. The allocation of individual plots, synthesise a restrictive, ‘penned-in’ feeling. Segregated between assorted layers of cladding, concrete, and brick. Red Roof strips away the tactile elements of these materials, leaving behind only what is necessary to convey exactly what residential landscapes look like, washed over with soft, dream-like gradients.
Captivated by a frequently observed view, this work seeks to emulate a different, parallel world. Angular terrain cladded slate contains the earth’s surface beneath, thick moss reminding us that mankind is only second to the will of nature. Echoing a not-so-distant future where the last blade of grass falls, and pursuit of complete and global human intervention encompasses even the most rural of landscapes.
Connotations of the colour red juxtapose against this works appearance, surfacing the overlooked consequences of suburbia and urban spreading. Ranging from human impacts such as social isolation, peer induced insecurity, and financial mismanagement. To ecological impacts, such as wildlife/habitat displacement, and commute generated carbon emissions.