We began by meeting in the Watershed café and going through The Contemporarary Art Book, I have had this book for years and thought that it would be a good point of reference for looking at contemporary artists’ installation.

At first I had in mind to lead a work shop using projectors and sound, however when liaising with Roseanna I came up with the idea of using string/wool so as to create a more playful, as it were, collaboration. This worked well as it addressed issues such as space/interaction/collaboration/street art/ guerilla art. Also in the back of my mind I was thinking of Marcel Duchamp’s 1942 Mile of String installation where he created a web which divided and obscured the exhibition space, thus challenging the audiences’ preconceptions of viewing and interpreting.

So we went across from the Watershed (thinking about the importance of the location of or piece) and made a web along the railings by the river with different coloured balls of wool.  I now think of it as quite a simple at yet quite charming example of collaboration as each of us had our own thread and wove around one another to make the structure. We left the balls of wool for passers by to continue and engage with it if they wished.

I then talked to Zoe and Roseanna about how to photograph what we had been making. Roseanna brought her own camera and Zoe used my Nikon DSLR and I showed them how to change lenses as I have a standard Nikor lens and a Tamaron Macro lens. I explained how to manually focus, what settings to use (pre-sets, aperture and shutter speed). It was a really interesting experience to share the skills and knowledge involved in digital photography and creating art installations.