;to draw attention

       

Had a chat with Mary about some of my work last week, and one of the things we picked up on was that with my images in particular, I am BLANKING to draw attention and ATTACHING  to draw attention (in a few of my photos for the Bench Project, I started to attach/install my fabric pieces into the surroundings).

Links to ideas about embellishing the everyday and that I could expand this to begin to set up a dialogue, between me and the viewer; setting up a time or space; what is high art/low art; temporality; and relational aesthetics..

      

The idea of BLANKING things out, links to the whole beginnings with BLANKS and arousing a thoughtfulness... I have been thinking specifically about the GM building after the talk with Kate, about commissions in general, and how it is important to have something site specific and bespoke to the space, but to also stay true to our own work and ideas...

BLANKS- in literature, maps, producing a 'blank' feelings (unheimlich) the idea of leaving things blank and not giving away too much information (Walter Benjamin), blank aesthetics of the building...

I am going to try and set up a dialogue with the users, or involve them in some way...

For now, these are my blanks of the GM building and other places around the city (above)...