no internet so this is from 17th
Productivity is not necessarily the key to good work but it was a productive day. I got to the studio/gallery at about half ten this morning. Since Tuesday at 6pm I’ve been running a live art event where I am exploring how I document my work. I’m using a motion detecting webcam that takes still images every 3minutes or 10 seconds when it detects motion and pinhole cameras as well as minutes written on the wall as things happen. Also involved in the project is Christopher Fraser, Jonathan Shelper, Andrew Stacey and poet Peter John Cooper who got involved through a post on Facebook. I should mention that the whole event is constantly being updated by various contributors on a Facebook event.
The main purpose is to redefine the document. I work with paper mainly which in itself is a document and by processing it the traces of that processes are visible in the object. The problem is that we do not usually experience art objects first had and the process is sometimes hidden unless explained in text. The aim of this project is to consider documentation as a priority rather than an afterthought as I have done in the past. So many times I have created work and documented it badly or simply forgotten about it entirely.
