{"id":5572,"date":"2012-05-16T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5572"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:32:31","slug":"s-mark-gubb","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?portfolio=s-mark-gubb","title":{"rendered":"S Mark Gubb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ambition Is Critical<\/strong><br \/>\nCity Bus Station<\/p>\n<p>S Mark Gubb\u2019s work is born of an interest in text, language, translation, (mis)communication, cultural identity, mass- information and liminal spaces. A key inspiration for Mark&#8217;s new project was the poem &#8216;Ambition is Critical&#8217; by Dave Hughes and he presents four banners each containing a rough translation of the phrase \u2018Ambition is critical\u2019, in the languages of Swansea\u2019s current twin-towns. The translations have been done using an internet translation engine, a tool as likely to confuse communication as it is to aid it. As a statement and sentiment \u2018Ambition is critical\u2019 is both honest and ambiguous.<br \/>\nA broader context is leant by the site of the bus station, a point of departure or arrival; the first stop in a bold leap into the unknown or the place to greet a friendly stranger.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gubb1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gubb3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gubb4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambition Is Critical<br \/>\nCity Bus Station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12945,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[412],"portfolio_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5572","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12947,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5572\/revisions\/12947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_category&post=5572"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_tag&post=5572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}