I have returned to the tower block as the setting for my narrative. It is something I can't shake off, yet I am continuing to hold on to the themes of small spaces and isolation which I have explored throughout my creative research and documented in this blog.
Home, place of work, and the commute in between are staples of my evolving idea.
Telephones and coffee are elements which recur when studying and reserching the topic. The phone as means of entertainment as well as communication, making our small spaces seem both smaller and bigger. We can involve ourselves in the internet and films on tiny screens while squeezed up against the window on the tube. We carry our coffees with us and have them on our desks at work as a reminder of the comfort and security of the home which we left behind in the early hours.
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| Showing lines of communication using thread from windows in the models of flats and offices. |
The project is once again coming together with an exhibition in mind. Viewers will participate in a voyeuristic way as well as contemplating their own work/life balance.
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| I have the idea of installing two blocks ('home' and 'work') with a tunnel representing the commute, inbetween. Photos of people inside their small spaces can be viewed through selected apertures or 'windows'. There is an additional idea of presenting larger photographs of the beauty of the outdoors, countryside, hills, forests etc which go by as we travel from one block to the other. |
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| Detailed sketches of how the installation would look when set up in a gallery. |
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