Spilt

These are the first trial images for the work I want to research and develop in the time before now and the new year. I'm in the process of applying for some funding for this. My attitude; try, try and try again.....



The motivation behind this work is the exploration of emotions in public spaces, also how we all contribute to some kind of group dynamic in such environments. I wish to examine the placing of myself in a position of vulnerability. By this, I mean that my plan is to intentionally (with intent) set in motion a series of very simple actions which will be choreographed 'accidents' or blunders, rendering me momentarily the centre of attention, doubtlessly causing me to blush (uggh!).



In so-doing, I wish to record, by way of a hidden camera of some sort, or by camphone, the moment of the blunder, as a way of collecting these moments of awkwardness and social faux-pas. So much emphasis, certainly in urban environments, is placed on the keeping together of, the avoidance of any display of vulnerability. My plan is to engineer vulnerability, as a way of exploring how the social space might adjust (or not) to accomodate this.



A key underpinning in the conceptual framework for this body of work is a gentle and humourous method of exploration. I wish to inject an element of the slightly absurd, and of play into these 'arenas'. A tiny ripple of apparently unintentional buffoonery, mishap and clumbsiness unfurled into a mundane London morning....