Creating this drawing helped me to conceptualize how I may go about building the tree. It also raised a lot of questions along the way too. Structural questions such as: how big will the tree be? will it have to be a certain size because of the size of complete shoes? I have chosen not to just use complete shoes but be allowed to cut them up as well this will allow me greater flexibility (I have not yet worked out exactly how big the tree will be, i do know it will be a large work approximately 165 - 170cm tall). I also began to think about how the limbs of the tree will stay up and not buckle under the weight. I have thought of tying the limbs together and hanging "laundry" off it. Like my earlier photo post of the laundry on the clothes line - I like the idea of the "laundry" blowing in a breeze. (I don't really like the idea of "laundry" with it's connotations to "dirty laundry". A line from a song by Ani Difranco is evoked in my mind - "and the laundry was waving and the graffiti was teasing..." it speaks to a simpler time and has a peaceful rhythm.
Another thought about the structure was that if the limbs of the tree where not tied, could it grow into the walls? and then ... where would it be installed and could i build it in the space it was to be exhibited?
Lots of questions and not too many answers just yet ... but it has opened my thoughts and brought them back to certain themes. Themes like simpler times & peaceful locations. It has also got me thinking more about my sound scape.
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