Residency Approach
Making space to pay attention
I’m interested in creating a little time and space to listen, notice, make and see what emerges. Sometimes this means spending time in a place that interests me, with permission to be there, make things and pay attention. Sometimes it means spending some time together as a group – making, noticing and exploring.
I don’t fully know what this is yet. I’m interested in finding out.
Making
Making is how I think. It helps me explore my relationship with whatever (or whoever) I’m spending time with. Photography, film, collage, sound, music, movement, writing and other forms of making can become ways into the experience.
The medium follows the enquiry.
Noticing
I don’t begin with a predetermined outcome. I pay attention to what is happening, what catches my attention and what emerges through making and conversation.
Sometimes I notice something about a place.
Sometimes something about another person.
Sometimes something about myself.
Sometimes I don’t know what I’ve noticed until later.
Capturing
Some things want to be held onto – a photograph, a drawing, a recording, a song, a film, a piece of writing, or simply a memory. Other things might remain as moments that don’t need to become anything else.
What happens afterwards?
I don’t necessarily see the making as the end of the experience. Something might be shared, exhibited, performed or returned to the people or place where it began. Or it might simply remain part of my own ongoing process.
I’m interested in what happens when we give ourselves permission to pay attention and make something together.