STUDIO PRACTICE

A (RAINY) DAY OUT! - One Week Map

In our small groups, we were told to venture out (in the rain). Despite the weather, I honestly thought that it was a very interesting experience. I never really took the time to actually absorb and notice my surroundings.

Things we did & gathered

• German Christmas market - we actually got some pretty interesting sounds (chime-like sounds from the dangling crystals and the merry-go-round)

• Fire place - it was a spontaneous stop. We came across a large fire pit and thought that we could get a few sketches of it as well as sounds of the fire crackling (and obviously some warmth & hot chocolate)

• Ferris Wheel - it didn't work at that time, but we had hoped to have gotten on it and get a good perspective of the city.

• Kirkgate Market - we thought that we could get interesting sounds, textures and objects/visuals from the market (the vintage stalls, the meat shops, rugs etc) 

• Trinity Kitchen/Wetherspoons - it was more of a lunch break stop, though I got a few sounds of conversations, plates, utensils clattering and any other mundane noise, that somehow sounded interesting when I actually listened to them carefully.

• Poundland - we thought that we should do something off the list given and get something for a pound. We actually got ourselves some crafty animal masks and took a picture in a public place (there was a giant gorilla statue in front of the Art Gallery. Thought it was fitting. Something silly.)

Hanging around by the fire pit with a
cup of hot chocolate

Look at all those sewing machines!

Bright neon-lights

Saw the strangest pigeons.
One was featherless (neck up) and one was pure white

A few observational drawings

Thoughts

• Psychogeography is a new concept to me. Though I think it's a very enlightening experience to just feel and see, use our sense to gather information. I suppose that this is an effective way of gathering research as we get to experience it first hand.

• I'm actually pretty excited to turn this little journey around town into a map. The fact that we mainly gathered rather abstract things (sounds and Poundland masks), I honestly think that it would both be pretty challenging yet interesting to visually interpret our experience.