nan’s curtains
18 sets of 1/12th size remade curtains, each approx 14 x 21 cms. Almost there.
Thinking about what we actually ‘do’ with curtains, led me to consider the repetitive motion of opening and closing curtains every day. Curtains become animated by us and act as a markation of time passing by; open during the day, closed at night.
This reminds me of Dawn Chorus, a film by Marcus Coates where people are speeded up to mime along to birdsong. Their movements and breathing are quicker.
What if 18 sets of minature curtains were wired up to some mechanism that could make them open and close, again and again, and fast? It would be manic, almost poltergeist-like. A day and a night would pass in a moment.
