I have been shooting and trying to organize more of my thoughts around home. I have been interviewing friends asking them what home means for them and what 4 objects they would pick that represent home for them. Then I have been photographing the objects. Working on how the images can work together does there need to be text from the interviews? or does this exercise just further inform my work and project. I am also still interested in the lamps that I have been shooting in my family homes and mine. Wondering how I can push that idea can there be series of images done of objects that bring about comfort in the home such as tables, beds, couches, etc? It has been interesting talking with friends with specific questions to be answered about home. Gets me thinking more about my own ideas of home which I still struggle with but I feel this exercise gets me out of my head a little. I am excited about where it could go and love that my mentor has been challenging me conceptually as well as with the installation of the work.
Yesterday I went the the Isabella Stewart Gardner to see the Luisa Rabbia show Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008 I loved the use of photographs turned into a video with drawings and music added to the work. The combination of the two media was beautiful. I am working on putting lectures into my calender and trying to find a weekend for a museum/gallery visit to NYC.
This week I am trying to get my paper organized and written. I also need to make some changes to my critical theory paper but after being at the Gardner I am making a new round of connections between home and the museum. Since that was her home and it is now a museum.