October

So far into the year my time has been spent establishing a position in relation to interest and looking deeper into initial thoughts. I am continuing the thread of experiencing memory and also continuing working on the site at Cammo Estate, whilst studying the throeries of Sverre Fehn [and his ideas to do with curation and the life of a building], the work of Rachel Whiteread and her influences, as well as [newly] Jack Coia and his work. All of these professionals have different views on the manipulation of 'the object' against time; Fehn contemplates the reality of the life of the object, the space and of time, whilst Whiteread considers the death of the object and subsiquently how this then becomes the artefact. Coia's views are somewhat different altogether, however I'll admit I must do some more reading before I can comment openly...

By questioning the modern museum Fehn sets up an interesting argument... He discusses his dislike in the curation of objects in a manner whereby it is placed within a 'cage' essentially sealing it from the open world and thus ending it's life. There is no connection with the outside and the opportunity to continue the life of an artefact is removed; there is no continuation or evolution in the story of existance.  [discuss]

Looking specifically at the project 'House' as a reference, Whiteread's position to the Object can be identified. Here she filled the interior of a house due for demolition with concrete as a means of mapping the life that was once existed within, whilst traces of wallpaper were caught on the relief. In the instance of House,
Whiteread is uninterested in keeping the building standing: instead the idea. By mapping the existance of what was she has echoed the memories of decades of everyday life whilst at the same time turning this map into an Artefact to view. [discuss]