‘Question and Respond/Respond and Question’ installation to be shown as part of ‘The Bank of Reason’

Andy and I will be showing our collaborative installation ‘Question and Respond/Respond and Question’ as part of Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich’s work, ‘The Bank of Reason’, for the 1 mile ² project at the Collective Gallery. For more information on this please click here!

The work will be in the Collective Gallery on Sunday 29th November between 1-2pm and then at the Scottish Storytelling Centre the following week on Sunday 6th December between 1pm-2pm. These will both be happening between other interesting things which are detailed on the Collective Gallery’s website.

Hope to see you at some of the events/talks!

Nat

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Expected Minds of the Unexpected in Paper X

Heather and I submitted a photograph from our collaboration, Expected Minds of the Unexpected, to Paper X and it has been included in the magazine.

The launch is tonight 7-9pm at the Bowery, Roxy Art House.

Nat

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Dream: Another collaboration

I dreamt last night that I was in the middle of another collaborative project with Andy. We were in a house, a little shack in the middle of what looked like a desert. There was a road just outside the door…JUST outside. We had to borrow Maddison (Heathers mini) to get up to this green field. We were doing something there over 3 days and I had to phone my work and tell them I couldnt come in because I had to install whatever we were installing in the field. Back at the little shack I looked out the door there was a cow lying down on the road. It was huge! I shouted on Andy and a big truck came and passed by over the cow but it had disappeared. Andy was very bossy!!
Nat
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Drawing from a dream…

I am considering drawing my ‘dream city’ perhaps in a form of map or plan. I imagine it would be of some interest to see it mapped out. I have awareness of getting from one place to another in some instances but not in others. In making it clear in a a diagram it may in turn make it clearer when I am dreaming. I possibly will then figure out that it is actually a real city that is only unrecognisable as this city in my dreams.  It may also be a city I have conjured up in my subconscious, or an amalgamation of countless elements of real cities I have been to at points throughout my life. I think (most likely) it is a union of everything I take in on a daily basis. The things I hear but am not conscious of hearing, see but not conscious of seeing etc and also the things I am cognisant of in my life.

Another activity I have been undertaking recently is paying attention and taking notes when I would normally remain in my own little world. Walking to the bus stop when returning home from college I would more often than not be thinking about something random, possibly to do with the day in general or the one to come. Whatever it was I have been ignoring that and listening to the fractions of conversations I hear when passing people and jotting them down. (See the last post for an example)

 

Nat

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The conversations: One: 23rd October 2009

“… I can do about it…” “…something online…” “…please don’t break…” “…great, well…” “…at the Dean Bridge about…” “…about driving…” “…red wig or…” “…I know…” “…she did say I could…” “…07743…” “… where did you find…”

Nat

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Dream: My dream city…

Last night I had another dream which was set in my dream city. For those of you who dont know about my dream city I wrote about it here and here couple of years back. Over the past couple of years I have gotten to know the place a bit better. The one thing I notice is the place never changes: only ever see more of it. The only thing about the place that changes is the people who inhabit it. The people who work in places I go to are different in every dream. There is normally a busker who leans on a motorcycle beside a fruit and veg shop who changes throughout the dreams, interestingly it has never been any buskers which I know. Sometimes I know the interchangable people, sometimes i’ve never seen them before. If I remember correctly then I have not as yet seen any transport in the city.

My dream last night involved me just walking through the city. It was snowing lightly but it wasn’t cold. I met a few people I knew and we spoke about one person in particular. The person I was speaking to these people about was not known to them outwith my dream. I also passed strangers who would nod to me but would nod upwards and it looked very odd…

It was interesting to see the place again.

Nat

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Question and Respond / Respond and Question

Question and Respond / Respond and Question was an interactive installation by myself and Andy Thomson. The work happened last Wednesday and consisted of 10x microphones, microphone stands, amplifiers, headphones and people. There was also a tv with a live feed of the room, a dictaphone, a laptop with a live feed and a camera taking shots by remote. Things were set up so that each person could speak to and hear someone different. Conversation is pretty much impossible.

Although conversation was pretty much impossible it was incredible how long people stayed in the room. Here are some photos of the work.

…and some timelapse

We are hoping to make a website which will recreate this work online. We are not sure how to do this exactly so it may take a while!

Nat

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