The Local
My degree Show final piece began With the idea the feeling of an old mans Pub, warm, cluttered, worn and filled With Stories. I was drawn to these spaces firstly because of my own history with them, grown up in an old man’s pub but also because of their deep connection to working class identity, social interaction and collective memory.
Through collecting found objects like brassware, old frames and worn Furniture I was able to build a space that felt layered. Weathering the Walls and arranging the old objects allowed me to transform the space from Sterile and institutional to something more human, a space that felt real, lived in and emotionally familiar.
Overall, this Piece is about Place, class and community. I feel as though it’s a quiet resistance to the idea of what should be presented in gallery spaces and what stories should be told. I’m Proud of how it came together and I feel as though I stayed true to the places and People which inspired it.
