Postcards

Peter Saville - At Home; Hulme Hall Lane / Oldham Road, Miles Platting; "This is the first image used by Tony Wilson for the first Factory poster in early 1978 before I became involved in the project. I wasn't able to appreciate the philosophy at the time, but it seems almost biographical to me now." Image appropriated by Andre Bertrand. Speech bubble text appropriated from a novel called 'Tous les Chevaux du Roi' by Michele Bernstein.

Peter Saville - At Home; Quay Street, City Centre; "Our family had a holiday home in Llandudno. I didn't appreciate North Wales as a child, but I've come to see it's a beauty and now the area means a lot to me. I would say that Llandudno's West Shore, is the one place I feel at home." Back of postcard © FP Cards, Hull.

Peter Saville - At Home; London Road, City Centre; "Thomas Pitfield's pen and ink studies induce feelings of nostalgia for the area where I grew up. I passed this view in Bowdon every day on my way home from school."; Courtesy of The Pitfield Trust.

At Home is a landmark new project created by Peter Saville for the city of Manchester which will be displayed on eight billboards throughout the city. [from the Urbis website].

At Home will be a collection of eight different images and objects chosen by Peter Saville from his estate, objects which inspired him as he was growing up and studying and working in his home city of Manchester. The project serves as an intervention into the advertising dominated visual culture of the city.

At Home turns Manchester itself into a gallery, giving everyone in the city a chance to be part of the exhibition.

"At Home is a biographical collection of my inspiration and influence ? the objects which were fundamental to me during my time in Manchester and influenced my work." - Peter Saville.

At Home is on from 22 March to 18 April 2004 on billboards throughout Manchester.

Peter Saville - At Home; Princess Parkway, Hulme; "Before girls, model car racing was my teenage obsession I loved the designing, building, customising and competing."; Lee Gilbert's Speed Shop, Maple Valley, USA.

Peter Saville - At Home; Hulme Hall Lane / Oldham Road, Miles Platting [a bigger image]; "This is the first image used by Tony Wilson for the first Factory poster in early 1978 before I became involved in the project. I wasn't able to appreciate the philosophy at the time, but it seems almost biographical to me now." Image appropriated by Andre Bertrand. Speech bubble text appropriated from a novel called 'Tous les Chevaux du Roi' by Michele Bernstein.

Peter Saville - At Home; flyer

The Postcards

An unknown quantity of postcards depicting the full At Home portfolio were also produced

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (1 of 8)

Pin Mill Brow, Hulme

"This photograph of Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, and I outside The Russell Club in May 1978 marks the official start of it all. I met Tony earlier that year; he is the link to many people who would not have even met, let alone worked together."

Image supplied courtesy Kevin Cummins / Idols Licensing and Publicity Limited.

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (2 of 8)

Queen's Road / Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill

This book, recommended to me by Tony Wilson in 1978, was my introduction to the political in art. Buying my own copy from a shop near Piccadilly Gardens made me feel very grown up."

Christopher Gray's 'Please wash Your Hands Before Leaving The 20th Century' Cover design by Jamie Reid / Suburban Press

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (3 of 8)

Quay Street, City Centre

"Our family had a holiday home in Llandudno. I didn't appreciate North Wales as a child, but I've come to see it's a beauty and now the area means a lot to me. I would say that Llandudno's West Shore, is the one place I feel at home." Back of postcard © FP Cards, Hull."

Back of postcard © FP Cards, Hull

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (4 of 8)

London Road, City Centre

"Thomas Pitfield's pen and ink studies induce feelings of nostalgia for the area where I grew up. I passed this view in Bowdon every day on my way home from school."

Courtesy of The Pitfield Trust

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (5 of 8)

Chester Road / Hulme Hall Road, St Georges

"The foundation of the Factory identity - an industrial safety sign from a workshop door at Manchester Polytechnic that I removed, took home to trace and forgot to take back."

Industrial Warning Sign, c. 1978. Origin Manchester

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (6 of 8)

Hulme Hall Lane / Oldham Road, Miles Platting

"This is the first image used by Tony Wilson for the first Factory poster in early 1978 before I became involved in the project. I wasn't able to appreciate the philosophy at the time, but it seems almost biographical to me now."

Image appropriated by Andre Bertrand. Speech bubble text appropriated from a novel called 'Tous les Chevaux du Roi' by Michele Bernstein.

Peter Saville - At Home; postcard (7 of 8)

Ashton New Road, Clayton

"Portmeirion is symbolised for me in the quote from The Prisoner. In my early teens, Clough Williams-Ellis's collage of architectural styles predating postmodernism by almost fifty years, made an enormous impression on me."

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