hey,


I am becoming increasingly interested in the idea of intervening into routine and the mundane things we do everyday. I want to do this in some quiet way that people might notice or might not.


Im thinking this would work best with public transport...and that i want to leave [something] on buses and trains for people to come across and perhaps respond to.

Im struggling to find many artists relating to this concept but there must be looooaaads.

Anyone got any ideas?

access public records and make a 'data-work'

Identify an 'institution' which holds public records or information pertinent to your developing ideas, work or potential setting. Negotiate access to this 'institution'. Think about libraries, archives, internet sources. Devise a strategy to shape your research and compile a body of information generate a range of data (e.g. geographical, economical, demographical, historical, social, political, cultural, etc). In your studio, submit this data material to some form of intervention/manipulation. Carefully document this investigation and the ideas that arise from it. Present this as an artwork-in-progress next time we meet.

NB Some organisations will need to be approached in advance of your visit and you should plan your activities accordingly. You should also consider a number of lines of enquiry in case some approaches are rejected or need more time to pursue.

Roger Hiorns ,Seizure,Art Angel

I went to see this intervention last year and the memory of it has stayed with me. An Art Angel project just outside Elephant and Castle....reuses a very rundown area of London and intervenes briefly. On reflection this module highlights how a project like this can generate interest in a community. The hoards of people flocking to see this work would not.....I'm sure, normally travel through this neglected but colourful area. I've included a link below for more details of the project.

http://www.artangel.org.uk/pages/present/present0808_seizure.htm

ben wilson

i'm posting these on behalf of me and lucy, because we both really really like this guy (feel free to add more chewing gum examples though lucy!!) he works in london and has been doing this for quite a while...no specific place, although a few years ago his plan was to start at the top end of High Street in Barnet and work his way to the centre of london. he does all kinds of paintings on the gum, including animals, flowers, faces, cups of tea, and does quite a few special requests or 'in memory of' pieces. and strawberries :] i like it that its so small and almost unnoticable but reallyreally cool at the same time.