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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I needed a statement for the opening and as I wrote it, I realised it needed a new title, one more deliberate than Unravelling. Subverting the Straight Line. As I did the work, I gradually realised why I found the […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I took another look at the metal bits included in the installation. I thought there were too many of them, so I removed some and relocated others. I turned some of the found objects into ornaments for the window ledges; […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
Never mind the earlier entry in which I decided there was no time to do any more painting; I found some time, or perhaps I did some speed painting. (I was recently introduced to the concept of speed anthropology at […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I wrote out my own injunctions to go on the other side of the internal window from the Luneside Engineering injunctions, trying to match the first set in some ways. Of course, it is so late in the process that […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I finished painting the designs on the wall, and started to attach black or grey cable in straight lines on the ordered wall. Some of them go round the door reveals and then start to behave in a less ordered […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
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 […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I assessed my experimental work on the wall. I am reminded of something Andy Goldsworthy said in his video. He was making a new stone dome on the beach everyday, as it kept collapsing. He said that for each project […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
I put up some of the notices found in other parts of the mill. Very laudable warnings and injunctions! I am impressed, but for the purposes of this installation, I am going to take the piss. On the ordered side, […]
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I brought out everything I could think of for wallpapering the metal walls. I brought the paste ready-mixed in a bucket as the only water available is from a turbulent River Lune. I have decided to have one room for […]
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Untitled blog post from "Installation Unravelling"
The mill is derelict and full of dangers. I had to promise to read risk assessments and safety notices and take proper precautions. I have chosen one of the less derelict rooms, though the windows are boarded up. Co-housing members […]