Internal assessment is over. I feel it has gone ok. I also had several interesting conversations and the focus of my work is moving towards the dialogues that are happening around the topic I have chosen to base my work around; to build a house and home.
The conversations often move away quickly from the actual build I’m working on and swing over to people’s stories and expriences. I like that very much. How do I capture those stories? I don’t record them as I would have to ask people for permission and that would alter what they feel they could say and it wouldn’t be a natural conversation. Therefore I simply make notes afterwards. Now I’m looking at works by other ‘dialogue artists’ or ‘ converstionists’ not sure what they are called.
How is this work different from anybody else who builds a house? Well, it is seen as art and presented in this context; I am putting it in a very specific form with a very specific aesthetic; and anyway, does it matter?
