Sheds = physical shelter, protection from elements, but the elements also protect us. Gardens = medicine, beauty, relaxation.
What are the minutiae logistics of survival in terms of shelter?
Small dynamic tricks, little pieces of kit, certain materials, colours etc...
These features of shelter building have sculptural qualities.....
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Dynamics of independency
and self-sufficiency and taking full advantage of that you got / who you are (resourcefulness!)
Sketches of fabric
swathes in a shape that suggests a person is inside. This would make nice
sculptures, if the fabric could be kept rigid in this shape. Make a whole town
of these structures. Their human spectral-ness might suggest or incite play and
activity; making up storylines and acting them out, like playing in hollow
trees and behind bushes. A small soap opera, if you will!
And soap operas, as I
may have said before a million times, are very therapeutic in exactly the right
proportions and manner to relax with one every day.
“There are many things I love about Summer Bay,
don’t you know that you’re one of them.”
They could be
transparent – plastic / polythene sheeting? As if through a Tv/cinema screen.
The material, whatever
it is, could be painted or printed on using woodblocks, or screen printing. I
like the idea of developing motifs, in a club kind of way. Emblem, badges,
symbols, logos – all relating to and expressing certain aspects of emotional
and physical exposure and shelter.
Thresholds, Off-grid,
Self-containment, Dens, Cabins, Clubhouses, Headquarters, Bunker,
A shed is not only a physical shelter, but also an emotional safehouse and a mental retreat/
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