Just back from New York
14 July 2009
As part of the Equate project Lesley, has been on a trip to New York. Follow her thoughts and ideas ....
‘Having just got back from New York and some ideas I had been having prior to this trip were embedded further with 1. A trip to Central Park and 2. The process of navigating the grid system there. In fact quite a few things that I’ve been seeing (like the work of Yinka Shonibare) have emphasised and enhanced my thinking. It’s a great feeling!
Been very busy with thoughts and ideas and have started to get quite excited about possibilities; don’t know specifically when things really started coming together…...it was a gradual process.. ...anyway the result is….....I think I know what I want to do with the information and understanding I’ve been gathering for the last few months, and I feel that what will follow will be a valuable progression in the way I approach and interpret what I see.
How? I like the idea of grid referencing - it’s a bit like looking through windows and a good way to organise thoughts. Where? I initially thought about lots of different spaces but wanted to focus on somewhere that was significant to me…..Coventry…....at this moment in time. An easy option would have been a botanical garden, but I wanted to stay away from the obvious. Then one day I drove past The War Memorial Park and thought that it could make an interesting case study….offering a real challenge in terms of the open spaces and expanses of green grass. And I’ve decided that the only way to describe the natural world is to look at the many different aspects of math’s that I see demonstrated. When I first began this project I thought that one element would stand out and result in an in-depth study but no, it’s not that easy. I don’t see one thing or the other, I see many things.
So I’ve begun to draw everything together….......all the pieces that didn’t make sense for so long.‘
find out more about the Equate project