I began thinking about my collecting of my personal and quite disgusting items and thought about display again. It is something I have moved away from a lot this year but is something that is obviously needed in whatever type of work within art.
As my work is currently reflecting myself through these personal collections and repetitive daily routines, I wanted to find a way to display my collections that reflects this. I think the cabinet was a good starting point with this, with the contacts all lined up in uniformed rows; it reflected my morning routine.
Thinking about how else I could display these daily collections of contact lens cases, contact lenses, eyelashes, hair, used wipes, and cotton wool etc, I thought to be able to visually see all these collections for each day it would be best if I could display them all as a group for each individual day.
I only have Saturday’s and Sunday’s collections at the moment, and when first displayed like this I wasn’t entirely sure on it. I wasn’t sure if it was just a bit repetitive and not very interesting. However after them being up in my space for a few hours, allowed me to keep seeing them and reflecting on them I began to think perhaps they did work quite well like this. Maybe I don’t necessarily need to attach all my collections together like I have been doing. Maybe they do work well just as daily collections in their own right? I think it would be really interesting to see how it would look if I covered a whole wall with these daily collections. Perhaps it would be more appealing and abject too. For now I need to keep collecting these days.
