Recent work derived from experiences within family life reviewing interaction, reaction, and remembrance particularly. This project saw the development of these ideas whilst challenging myself to endeavour to answer:

                    How does the mapping of experiences gained through visiting
                      Parkfoot Holiday & Park Homes make sense of a time which
                                                can no longer be discussed?

    Within this question I was looking at how personal histories between two individuals, my sister and I, could be transmitted to a relevant future now that my sister is no longer here. As I explored this my research led me to step away from material based art to work

with interventions. I sought to create an engaging piece that would benefit personal understanding whilst simultaneously enlightening participants and also leave potential to extend it to a wider audience.

    Initially working to pin point our experiences at Parkfoot I developed the first complete map of the site. This map integrated a selection of images, taken throughout my family’s time spent there, in an unobtrusive manner - blending a personal history with factual information. The map was kept minimalistic in order to give greater possibility for participants to shape their own experience during the intervention. Re-Tracing and analysing how my experiences were gathered at the site helped to shape an immersive experience incorporating a singular past in a collective experience.

    On the 25th April 2013 a created family interacted with the space after being given a pack a week before. A convoy of 3 cars drove a specific route to the site whilst listening to a playlist and upon arrival we had lunch. Participants then, with limited instructions, explored the site within a time limit of 1.5 hours and documented their experiences using their packs. The main items in the pack to help documentation of events were a copy of the site map and a 39 shot disposable camera. Throughout the day inclusions of multiple subtle references to past helped people connect and experience the day freely.

    The progression of this project was documented in a contextual document entitled “Conversations Lost”     Download PDF     eBook

    A memorabilia book was created named “Platforms For Conversation”. This book documents, in a published family album, the photographs taken by the participants to serve as memory records. Through camera malfunctions some chances to make memory records were lost. I saw these vacant images as a direct link to conversations with my sister which are truly lost with no hope of being transmitted forward; and so I included them in the book.

    The artefacts from the project will be taken to Parkfoot and displayed in a communal space on site. The hope is that this will give Parkfoot residents and visitors inspiration for future exploration and potentially further developing the possibility for discussion.