It’s been over a year since I was invited to be Artist in Residence for the Woolaway Reminiscence Project. Since my last blog post I’ve been busy reviewing all of the photographs I’ve taken for the project and relistening to hours of audio recorded in people’s homes, recounting their memories. I’ve created two large collages, …
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Archiving stories, architecture and plants
The Woolaway Reminiscence Project is a 12 month art project that has been running since summer 2019. It is now drawing to a close and I’m reviewing all of the material I’ve collected over the past year. At each home I visit I usually spend an hour or so listening to stories of life in …
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Pavement photography and printmaking
I’m looking forward to visiting the project area again on Saturday 1st August, to walk around photographing street scenes, front gardens, the houses and views. I think we’ve all been doing more walking lately, as during the national lockdown in April and May it seemed to be our only luxury. A chance to escape the …
Reminiscence film
In February I was joined by filmmaker Hannah Earl from Somerset Art Works to make a short film about the Woolaway Reminiscence Project. We walked around the project area and shot some footage taking in the houses, streets and views looking over to the Wellington Monument. We also revisited a resident who very kindly let …
Calling home
During this time of social distancing and staying at home, many people are reaching out to family and friends by phone and video calling technology. The whole nation has been instructed to ‘stay at home’. For some this means spending time with their immediate family, but for others, they are having to isolate at home …
Project in print
This month all of the homes in the project area have received one of these small Woolaway Reminiscence Project books. The book contains highlights from the project blog. It’s been put together so those without access to a computer can see what the project is all about. I’ve been updating this blog regularly since the …
Putting down roots
This month I was joined by filmmaker Hannah Earl from Somerset Art Works to make a short film about the Woolaway Reminiscence Project. We walked around the project area and shot some footage taking in the beautiful views looking over to the Wellington Monument. We also revisited a resident who very kindly let us film …
Souvenirs and Mementos
As we head into a new year and decade many of us are looking to the future and making plans. It’s also a good time of year to hibernate and reminisce about happy memories of our loved ones and perhaps time spent in warmer climates. Many of the homes I’ve visited for the Woolaway Reminiscence …
A Christmas tree and a Rowan tree
Earlier this month I attended the Priorswood Christmas Market, to meet more residents and promote the Woolaway Reminiscence Project. My stall was 1950s themed, as the Woolaway homes were built in the early fifties. I had 1950’s Christmas music, wore festive vintage clothing and the stall had a handmade wooden Christmas tree. I invited people …
Photographs and memories
Family photographs are something that have a shared visual language that crosses generations and cultures. In the homes I’ve visited so far, some wonderful memories have been shared by looking together at people’s family photographs. Photo albums, framed prints, drawers and boxes of photographs and increasingly digital cameras or mobile phones house images which trigger …
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