objects then provide a canvas, a landscape, an opportunity to tangibly add more before passing it on again. I don’t want to possess these items for myself. As a bricoleur, (see Methods) I see their potential to be used as a tool for communication and want to work with things to reveal value. The found has been discarded, rediscovered, and can be recast within a narrative made by others. Is this making? Making as unpacking. Unpacking as making. I am unpacking my suitcase. Yes, I am.
Image 125: The suitcase
It’s hot today with a cool breeze through the open window. I am nervous and excited about unpacking the suitcase. It’s taken many months for me to open it. Over a year since making the work in Denmark I am finally going to see it again. Closed, it contains memories that are combined, intertwined - connections to people, place and object. These
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