ive been thinking about the exhibition at the hospital, i thought that i was going to make a work using my cameras but then felt it was going in a direction that i didnt like as it was purely for st. james'. so i think ive gone back to my original feeling of wanting to put the shirt up, but not suspended in the ceiling. rather, mounting it on the wall. i think this could be an interesting way of looking at it from a completely different view. i would like to know peoples thoughts on what they think it will look like and whether it would work?

ive been thinking about what my box cameras mean. i think i started confusing myself by the introduction of photographs because they are all so individual (with different people, situations, places etc.) the only one thing connecting them is the camera itself. so thinking about this, the idea of dissecting the camera (that i felt would be a good development) has created a meaning in itself. 

with the photographs i was struggling to specify what i was looking at. i dont want to look at individual memories, so maybe its about the idea of "memory". the camera is present at every photograph making it the witness of each situation/ memory. by dissecting it, its as though im trying to extract the memory from within the camera rather than the memory from the photographs.

am thinking about gallery spaces! were could my work be displayed to intensify the meaning? or change it?

been thinking about how the space could alter or enhance the meaning of a piece. the atrium has a clinical open feeling and i could imagine my suspended shirt placed overhead. this would allow the viewers in the gallery to look up and the light shining through the gaps. it also permits another view from the windows above the gallery space for the viewers to look down on it which could present an interesting image. 

in terms of my piece i think its contemplative and calming feeling would fit in well with the hospitals environment, as it can often be a place of thinking about the future and remembering the past.  

atrium gallery at st. james' hospital

today i went with the rest of the logistics committee to visit the atrium gallery. it is an extremely light area with a lot of people constantly passing through. although its a clean crisp area it doesnt feel like a reflective gallery space, due to the hustle and bustle of the patients and visitors. we first entered the space from the back entrance which felt like we were walking into a large corridor rather than a gallery. it was strange how different the feeling is when you walk into the space through the reception entrance, this is because initially your in a shaded area and your eyes are drawn to the bright area of the gallery (due to the natural light from open plan area above). so i think this is something to consider when putting together our exhibition.