The work, without you in the space, defeats its true point and purpose. But I will give it a go. It’s an “ordinary and intended for everyone” type of space where you could make it your own and use it as you wish; perhaps to just sit and drink tea or maybe gather with others to make something happen, the space is there for you. Viewing spaces into doing, thinking, being spaces, I explore art as a common; a shared space for everyone and bringing art into the everyday, where it can be relatable and useful in real life. It’s an on-going process of connections that are passed on.

Materials – To make and learn through making (including posters, tufting, collage, textiles).

Space – To be made common.

People – To occupy space and make use of things.

I have tried recreating this idea of common space online through publication and a ‘use as you wish’ reading collection. But nothing compares to the liveliness of people in a real-life space.

A list of influencing statements that restructure ‘social practice’: Gavin Rogers: “people-based practice”, Eastside Projects: “Art as a useful part of society”, Bluecoat’s Hub: “art beyond the gallery, in places that we might not normally expect to see artworks”, Politic of Trespassing: “ordinary, everyday, from everyone and intended for everyone”, Kitty Finer / Allen Kaprow: “situations for a happening should come from what you see in the real world, from real places and people rather than from the head”.