31.07.08

about the residency

the residency runs from 1st august to 6th september at CUBE, manchester.
during the residency my focus will be on how visitors and staff (and i) use the space. the space is a thoroughfare, which is something i will need to bear in mind whilst designing and building the works. i wish to produce architectural-seeming alterations that affect, or are a result of, how people interact with the space. these alterations are intended to almost appear as intentional parts of the original building design with only their unusual positioning, material and/or angle betraying their purpose. materials will be found in and around CUBE.
visitors to the venue, and to this website, are encouraged to leave comments which i will use to help guide the work.

dates i will be present are:
31 july - 5 aug
18 - 23 aug
1 - 6 sept

Rich @ 7:00 in info

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31.07.08

day001

day one of the residency. here is the view from the window of my accommodation.
off to CUBE now to start work.
i’m eager to get going. i still don’t know exactly what i’m going to do - just see what develops.
There’s an article about me in the manchester metro today as well. it was my first press interview (over the phone) and i think it went ok.

Rich @ 9:20 in journal, photos

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31.07.08

materials

a few photos of some of the materials i’m going to work with.

Rich @ 11:43 in photos

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31.07.08

experiment001

the product of my first day. i decided to just get stuck in and see what happened. quite a strange result i think. it may grow from here or it might get dismantled.
i shall see how i feel in the morning.

the space is bigger than remember it. although i had the best part of a year to think about this i have deliberately not decided exactly what i want to do. i want the work to evolve while i am here.
there are some good materials - and plenty of them. i’ve spent this first day sorting through them, moving them around and seeing what occurred. it’s quite daunting and very challenging - i like it.