The Lost World
I am catching up with the news this week including fully nosing at the recent Art Council England cuts http://bit.ly/aF4v4N and wondering how ‘cutting’ the emergency budget will be this week. As ever have enjoyed A-N magazine’s Tweets from numerous events and conferences. That really is the power of Twitter, to inform you in 140 characters what is happening now…this includes journalists from the broadsheets reporting directly from the World Cup of course!
As I am sitting here cappuccino in hand penning a ‘to do’ list for the week ahead trying to master my juggling of time in a absurdly confident ‘structure’, I have realised that this process is something which is exact in my approach to work. Perhaps the more prominent role of admin has usurped my approach to ideas – the approach being I seem to write down thoughts as text rather punctuated with drawing. Anyway, I visited Lewis department store in Liverpool which has recently closed this week.
Amazingly they were selling all fixtures and fittings of the shop, something which naturally jumped at the chance to view. Walking through the 1970′s soaked internal corridors – complete with neglected staff boards, grim beige walls and horrendous stained carpets, you were allowed on the shop floor where staff carried on their duties moving old stock. You were submerged in an environment which subverted the set hierarchy and relationship between goods, display and the customer. I was fascinated by the display of the vehicles of display and their new position within this situation. Spatially, it was one of the most engaging experiences I have had for a while. Perhaps I am reading far too much into this, but it has prompted me to produce work on the experience. Also, still waiting for website to be modified updated and new sections added. Will add recent work images when this happens.
JW
