Conversations

Meeting the Moon is a spoken word sound piece responding to the theme of the Chasing Sputnik exhibition at Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight. A human being is trying to hold a conversation with something so unfathomably extra terrestrial. The delayed echo draws attention to the distance, we are so far apart but long to know more about the world beyond the ground we stand on.

An excerpt from a series of conversations had with local residents of Boscombe. How do people experience a place, what is relevant to them, what memories are held and how do they affect our present experience?

Instruction 1 : Describe a familiar journey. Instruction 2: Over describe part of that journey.

In this podcast, Barbara tries to explain how she knows that the lampost is there. How would you intepret your surroundings while relying on your other four senses?l

In this podcast Claire and Barbara are talking on the bus. Barbara, although completely blind, is evidently more observant than Claire.

In this podcast, there are three in the conversation. It makes you think about the ease and difficulty of movement for different people within the same space. Boscombe Precinct can be a death trap.

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory.  In this podcast Barbara encourages me to close my eyes and take in the Sovereign Centre through my sense of hearing.

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory.  This conversation identifies how Barbara landmarks her way through the busy Precinct

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory.  This is a conversation with Barbara about how drains help her to perceive and be aware of her movement/direction.

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory.  This is a conversation with Barbara about how she perceives  and decides what she likes and doesn't like while clothes shopping

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is a conversation with Barbara about how she perceives colour.

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is conversation with Barbara evolves as we are about to head back. She tells me her route in know where to find the crossing and the landmarks that seem irrelevant and just objects, are so relevant and useful for her.

Audio edits taken from conversations with local residents of Boscombe to see how they move, observe and sense a space through action and memory. This is a conversation with Barbara as we return from a trip into Boscombe. She tells me how she observes a space well enough with her four senses in order for her to seamlessly navigate her way home.