Body of Work.

Sunday, 28 March 2010

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Piece of Yourself.

Process Modual_The Happening

As part of the process module we were asked to curate a 'happening' which could take place over 24 hours.
Working alongside Vita Woods {www.vitawoods.blogspot.com} we sought to create and an analogue investigation into self.

In a reaction to the digital age, where memories have become erasable and the ‘self’ less often considered.
Piece of Yourself prompted individuals to question who they are and how they continue to be shaped by their memories and perceptions of the world.

Using strictly analogue methods, Piece of Yourself invited people to take part in creating their individual ‘archive’; A tangible piece of communication with a material permanence.

Chosen individuals were contacted via post and asked to fill out ‘data’ cards which posed thought provoking and personal questions, and asked the individual to share themselves.

On the day, individuals and passers by were invited to take part and their data cards added to the file.
The success of the experiment relied upon the willingness and curiosity of the participants to share, which was increased by the tactile nature, comfort and trust of analogue communication and the props used.

Specimens were invited from the participants, and throughout the day, thought provoking and ‘telling’ prompts were given so that the ‘self’ may be exposed.

Participants were asked to communicate with each other and Piece of Yourself became an inviting method of communication, with a tactile outcome.

Piece of Yourself acted as a mode of archiving expression of the ‘self’ and sought to question the nature of 'being' in an accessible yet subtle manner.