Everyday spaces go unnoticed by the world. These unnoticed spaces show a “disquieting familiarity of the city” ((Certeau, Michel de (1988[1984]) The Practice of Everyday Life, trans. Steven Rendall, Berkeley, Calif. London : University of California Press. p. 96.)), they may be acknowledged for their existence and use but not used. It seems as though most people don’t have time to appreciate things for their potential and therefore “to walk is to lack a place” ((Certeau, Michel de (1988[1984]) The Practice of Everyday Life, trans. Steven Rendall, Berkeley, Calif. London : University of California Press. p. 103.)), this suggests ‘dead’ space between points. However, the space you use while walking could be interacted with. For example: a hallway between rooms where it’s function serves to connect two or more rooms. By exploring these sorts of unnoticed spaces in different ways it creates a new meaning for them. As a task we were able to give a new use for these spaces then use free writing to create a response to the site.
Free writing in response to image:
Lonely. Alone. Stillness like a button. Chosen. Choice. Decaying city. Metal ice cold hard shiny surface. The coldness burns. Ache, torn between metal and flesh. Symmetrical symmetry Mirror image of a lifeless face. Mirror. Cold and empty like a grave. Stillness in death. Death. Dead. Dead cold icy stare searing into a heart. Heart beating strong, death. Stop. Dead. Cold. Ice. Bitter face.