Exhausting A Place In Lincoln…
In this week’s session, our task was to choose a place nearby and observe every aspect of it; what we see, hear, smell etc and make note.
This is my attempt…
DATE: 20TH MARCH 2018
TIME: 3:15 PM
LOCATION: BOTTOM FLOOR OF MINERVA BUILDING
WEATHER: DIDN’T CHECK, WAS INSIDE
Outline of an inventory of some strictly visible things:
- lots of tables and chairs
- waste/recycling bins
- tables stacked on top of each other
- 2 vending machines
- 1 cash machine
- 2 lifts
- several coffee cups
- signs advertising food available
Colours:
- cyan blue and magenta walls
- beige, magenta and cyan blue chairs- both harder and sofa chairs
- light brown tables
- royal blue circle table with sugar and cups on
- red fire extinguisher
- black and silver stair cases
- white coffee cups
- bronze statue in a glass case
Occurrences/actions:
- sound of voices of conversations across the floor
- people sat down on their phones, eating or working on laptops
- people walking between buildings and floors
- woman picking up brochure
- a man buying food at the indoor cafe
- a young man running downstairs
- sound of footsteps on the floor
- 2 girls stood outside the uni shop
- a couple with a pram
- a woman clearing a table
- a man walking with a metal trolley and leaning it against a wall
- the sound of lift buttons between pressed, progressing with the lift going up/down
- the sound of bin bags being rustled
- the sound of laughter nearby
- a woman sorting and cleaning the circle table with cups on
- the sound of doors being open and shut
- a boy crouched down tying his shoe lace
- sound of heels
- sound of someone whistling
- a feather floating in the distance
- a girl eating a twister lolly