Things to Keep

(2021) formerly Ghost Rooms

Film, sound and data

This film was shown at Art Maze, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK on 23 to 27 February, 2022.

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This idea came about as a result of feeling very trapped during the 2020 lockdown. I decided I wanted to lighten my possessions. 

I combined the video I had taken for another purpose and the narration of my list of possessions for the room depicted in the video. I added little stories about some of the key possessions. 

I want to develop this for the remaining rooms of my house and other spaces I inhabit – like bus journeys.

I feel the possessions stories will really emerge into something very big. This could also end up being the springboard into something else entirely, purely in sound.

List of possessions

A very recent realisation is how much I use Excel to organise my life. Having listed all my possessions to decide what to sell and what to keep the spreadsheet became part of the work.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13nJv3_pb-I_sbJ7fyh5uXG6X28-gFcn-aW9vTA4lTog/edit?usp=sharing

Showing this work

I see this work as being shown in a very light room, no blackout. So that it is very faint and ethereal. I see the sound emanating from many corners of the space it’s shown in. I can imagine the resonance speakers we have used on the First Words in Dalston project would be perfect for this (they attach to a surface and turn that surface – glass, wood, metal – into the speaker).

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Media: video and data

Duration: 5m 30s