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This piece is a quilt diary of my experience of the summer of 2021 at The Hotwalls Studios. Through the months of July and August of that year I recorded data relating to the days I spent in my studio as well as any interesting things I heard or was asked about.
As with my Lockdown quilt the quotes and tallies were recorded and stitched in as close to real time as possible. I built the quilt up through the two month period, adding categories to collect additional data as new trends emerged. For instance, I didn't plan to have a 'questions asked' section, but after the first two were recorded I decided to group all questions together, and this formed a collection.
As with my Lockdown quilt the quotes and tallies were recorded and stitched in as close to real time as possible. I built the quilt up through the two month period, adding categories to collect additional data as new trends emerged. For instance, I didn't plan to have a 'questions asked' section, but after the first two were recorded I decided to group all questions together, and this formed a collection.
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Ironically I chose these summery colours that shout scorching, bright sunny days, when in fact August was a rainy, grey month with far less sunshine than usual. This also skewed the expected results in terms of content - the visitors to the beach were far less bikini-clad, less antisocial, and less intoxicated than is typical for the time of year, and compared to the months leading up to this data capture.
This is why I am interested in recording faithfully and accurately, and only within a specified time frame. If I have done any of this in advance or planned for probable outcomes, the piece would have been much different.
This is why I am interested in recording faithfully and accurately, and only within a specified time frame. If I have done any of this in advance or planned for probable outcomes, the piece would have been much different.
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This piece was exhibited as part of the Within These Walls exhibition in the Round Tower, Portsmouth, in July 2022.