Theo Simpson http://theosimpson.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:11:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Right to Buy http://theosimpson.com/2012/02/right-to-buy-2/ http://theosimpson.com/2012/02/right-to-buy-2/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:44:32 +0000 Theo http://theosimpson.com/?p=406

The legislation to implement the original Right to Buy scheme was introduced by the Conservative Party.
Housing Act 1980 came into operation on the 3rd of October giving five million council house tenants in England and Wales the Right to Buy their own house from their local authority. It is one of the defining policies of the 1980′s.

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Size: 300 x 175mm
Printing: C-type Print
Edition of 10

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What We Buy documents products currently available to buy in the UK for £1 or less. Intent on investigating The nature of those products, the illusion of value and ever-changing attitude towards consumption and quality. The products have been documented in their original state.

Die-cut folder screen printed in white and black ink containing eight unbound 4-Colour Process Screen prints w/ offset printed Flysheet. Packaged in a protective pvc wallet.

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Size: 310mm x 250mm (Folded)
Printing: Offset, Silkscreen
EAN No: 5-060075-553905
Edition of 200

Installation views: [A] Quick Perspective of the Future, Site Gallery, Sheffield

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Eight is a meditation on the architectural vestige of Sir Reginald Blomfield who orchestrated, designed and selected the initial transmission towers for the UK. His vision remained faithful to the original Greek meaning of the word pylon as a monumental ancient Egyptian gateway to the sun.

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Size: 594 x 420mm
Printing: 16 page large format book screen printed with black/grey ink with numbered board in fitted wallet
Edition of 50

132kv PL16 Terminal Tower

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Size: 700 x 480mm
Printing: Single Colour Offset Print
Edition of 100

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Dead Ends explores the issues of unemployment by collecting and documenting discarded job centre slips.
The slips were found in and around three Sheffield jobcentres, between August 2009 and March 2010. Many were discovered well away from the jobcentres themselves: lying on back streets, scrunched in phone booths, and stuffed in salt bins. They have been collected and documented in their original state.

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Size: 245 x 172mm
Printing: Single colour offset, 24pp, softback with plastic dust jacket, 2 x A3 risograph posters
Edition of 400

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