a research day at Kings working on bench with the bench team! – it was a joy. I approached the day with a very loose idea of intention, way of working or a perceived outcome. I enjoy the idea of turning up in a space and making work with limited materials. The challenge is like a tradesman, a jobbing artist if you will. I had simplified the materials and activity from previous ideas. The very broad intention was to create a system or structure that would enable individuals to create a narrative. They would do this by choosing a rubber-stamp, printing it onto a piece of paper, attaching it to a wire and then continuing on the same wire, repeating the actions until they felt they had finished, creating a linear narrative. I have several revisions after watching participants operating the structure and discussing how they worked with the materials.
The work
could be structurally less complex –
Instructions
– there is a need to add these – they could take the form of a lab protocol.
Example -
Pick 3 stamps, consider how together they could create a narrative that is of
interest to you. Print onto the paper and attach them to the wire.
For clarity
there could be different coloured wires, making it easier to follow the lines.
A way of
attaching the prints needs to be considered. This could take the form of small
clips to enable ease and flexibility. The prints could be attached anywhere on
the wire.
Rethinking the
work -
there could be
a 2D scroll-like version made simultaneously with the 3D piece, almost
creating a record of activity.
The piece could
be a large sheet of paper, a rubber-stamp is printed, a line drawn and another
stamp is added until you have a complex set of interconnected lines and visual
nodal points. Each participant could work on their own diagram, but it would
interlink with each other’s stamps.
It would be
possible to work directly onto a bench, drawing and stamping directly onto the
surface or wrapping the bench in paper. The shelves would bring height and a
range of levels.
