I admit my blogging has been more than lax in the past few weeks. This is due mainly in part as my options print work which had to be in this Tuesday took priority, o.k so it’s only 17% of the final mark but considering I hate essays I need every mark I can get.
I am not much further with Merseytravel, I have been put in touch with another person there who I am meeting next Monday.
I am hoping there will be lots of items I can record and take photos of to give me an idea of the kind of objects that get handed in to lost property.
After going to a Sonia Boyce talk I have decided to continue with my use of film and will be recruiting for my film.
Currently if all goes to plan I am hoping to assemble a large quantity of lost items in a space surrounding a film that will be running on a loop. But this could all change once I have been to the lost property depo.
If anyone could suggest artists to look at for my essay, I am considering the subject to be artists who use found objects(but really found or even photographed in situ like Richard Wentworth).
Well due to the moving housewhich happened at Christmas I have had no internet hence no blog so here’s the story so far. I ended last module with a black and white film of a collection of images around an empty family home projected into a large kitchen cupboard from the location hung in a purpose built black room with only a narrow viewing space. I was interested in desolate domestic scenes, narratives, viewer interaction and film making/documenting.
This module began with me researching and making appointments to view repossessed homes, and taking photographs of these empty spaces and the objects left behind. I am interested in the loss of control surrounding repossessed homes, memories, lives lived in these spaces. The objects that remain in the houses have become increasingly interesting to me, I am interested in the reason for leaving them are they not wanted?, not needed? forgottoten?
This has drawn me to the idea of using lost property. I have looked at lost luggage auctions but they only seem to take place in London, however they remove anything of interest including footware, accessories, electronic items and they only leave clothing in. I am currently trying to contact Meresey Travel to work with them and their lost property items.
So hopefully next week I will have an update.
