David Rowan - Pacha Kuti X
17 March to 5 May 2012
Second Gallery
The unseen underground.
An exploration of 17th-20th century urban dystopias, myth and concepts of apocalypse. Pacha Kuti is underground landscape photography depicting hidden, sometimes unknown or forgotten underground environments. An investigation of the lesser-known sub-infrastructure of the Birmingham and Black Country region of the U.K.
The name 'Pacha Kuti' or pachacuti refers to an Inca apocalypse legend, a time of duality and change and roughly translates as 'the time when the world will turn upside down'.
Pacha Kuti X (pachakuti number 10/Ten) is the 10th 'End of The Known Universe' according to the Inca legend which states there have been many pacha kuti over many generations.
The 10th Pacha Kuti began in the year 1987.
Made with support from Arts Council England and assistance from Cleveland Potash.