Today we were tasked with to head outside and familiarise ourselves with our surroundings and settings available to us and proceed to intervene the site or create it into a sculpture in some way.
At the end of my moms street there is a field me and my sisters frequently spend time in, I took this as an opportunity to sit and consider the environment. Looking at the tree above me that was stripped of its leaves I thought would make a good washing line, it was basically the backyard of the street. Gathering my clothes I wear day to day, and a peg bucket (it was clearly printed on the bucket too which gave it a nice direct literal sense to the concept I was attempting to intervene the space with.
In my moms backyard there is a clearing near the garden my cats tend to all hang around, though they don’t all get along so i find it quite fascinating seeing the cats all occupy a space but with distance to be in their own bubble. Using random items from inside I gathered together and created a table as a hub for the cats, I placed cat biscuits and water in bowls. While I was trying to document the cats they were together curious, coming up one by one. There was a moment when two of the cats, Whiskey and Bree came up together and ate and drank together, though before I could document them they both scattered.
In the field used in the first site intervention, I chose to revisit this space and intervene in a natural sense, using only materials already in the space. In this overgrown shelter there were tiles and wood tucked away, using these I randomly placed them amongst the space. Intervening with geometrical shapes in the space. I loved the idea of intervening in a natural environment and being able to return it to its natural condition using only founded materials in the space. It gives a sense of connectivity to that space and everything inhabiting or occupying the space.