70 Days: An Installation
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Authors
Reckley, Amy
Issue Date
1998
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
I wanted to visually represent the idea of documentation, but more of memory through
installation and the manipulation of place. The consciousness of how we keep tangible
objects, order images in our memory, and face that which we have already experienced has
interested me, and in essence this is the conceptual idea behind this work and may be easier
to explain through the metaphors and visual presences presented in the actual installation.
I chose to work within the framework of 70 days in Nairobi, Kenya. The actual, tangible
documentation or material used in the display comes from the creative minds and actions of
many young people on the streets in Nairobi city center and my own journal keeping,
observations, and art work during this time. I wanted to return to Nairobi, after having
come back from foreign study for three basic reasons. The hardness and challenging
situation of Nairobi or any unfamiliar place causes for a certain freshness of ideas. I feel
that by returning to Nairobi, I was able to push myself back into this uncomfortable
situation and continue, in a way, the ideas and strains of thought that are currently
happening in my work. I also wanted to work with the young people, whose work takes a
definite presence in the installation. Last, I feel that with the type of work I am producing,
it.'s important to incorporate my influences, ideas, and emotions in an honest way, so, I
needed to return, not to the time, but the place that Nairobi holds in the birth and conceptual
part of this work.
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