My partner, Chris, found a photo of some metal objects which I assume represents some of the products which used to be made in the factory. I took acrylic paint (white and Paynes grey) with me, and painted larger, simplified versions on to a wall in the ‘ordered’ room. I made use of the raised overlap in the metal wall to form part of the central line of one of the objects, in the hope that it would give a subtle 3D effect.
I worked in the creative chaos room some more. There are a few rawl plugs in the wall. I have pushed the ends of short pieces of cable into them, working in a very opportunistic way.
Although I find it exhilarating, in some ways it is also quite disturbing for me to see electric cable covering the wall in this free-flowing way – since I used to work as a joiner on building sites, and am accustomed to seeing such cables pinned to the wall in a more rational way, before the plasterers cover them up. I have started to glue fragments of cable to the wall in radiating shapes.
The door is the place of transition from one set of rules to another, so I am trying to reflect that in the way the door surround is treated.
