Rowan Elizabeth Richardson

GENERATORprojects Members Show:

2012-02-14T08:15:00.000-08:00

Two Tile Tales

3600 seconds of collaboration

13.30-14.30

02.02.12

Rowan Richardson

Jean Floyed

Tax Disc sized art:

2012-02-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

Made for SIX FOOT GALLERY, Glasgow

Rowan Richardson

My rag. Tell tale?

2012-02-05T16:35:00.000-08:00

A week has past since RAGTALES rocked DOJ’s Whitespace with rails of second hand swag and flocks of students all hustling for a bargain. By 9pm on Friday night, just two hours after close, the place was once again just space, a container for my reflections on the two-day pop-up sale. Remembering the frequently asked question “Where did you get all this stuff?” amongst my thoughts of the stories that proved their attachement to me, I resolved that the selling process was refreshing; people were taking away parts of my life, but it was okay because they bought it, so they wanted it. The item’s memory making abilities would live on.

Through the act of selling I felt an attachment to some items more than others and this is how I selected the memories I would blog about. The customers who bought a memory item received a number to correspond with their items blog entry, a note of my blog address and an invitation for them to contribute to the blog when their purchase took on a new memory.

On Friday, exactly a week after the close of RAGTALES, at the GENERATOR ‘ Members Show’ opening, a few RAGTALES customers were asking about the abscence of their blogged memory to which I replied along these lines: As I have been cementing my memories, I have also been looking out old journals and comparing todays memory with the entry. I have also looked out old pictures that show me wearing some of the items. I realised how raw some of the memories are, something I am okay with but I need to be aware of those involved, so how much do I say in the blog? Do I type the memories? I like the idea of scanning them hand-written with bits ~~scored~~ out or making them into sound pieces.

When I buy something second-hand, I am intrigued to know who owned it, what their life was like, and I start guessing and building up storylines. Perhaps this is enough and knowing the real story isn’t as attractive as imagined. Would knowing the items real history alter our engagement with it in a negative or positive way? I am also interested in what I remember about the people who bought my stuff, what do I imagine about them? These are all of the thoughts I am processing and enjoying working through and this is just as significant a stage as the pop-up sale, so I wont rush it.

Do keep your eyes peeled though, the blogged memories are coming soon to a screen near you! In the meantime, get your purchase involved in some memory making, without the influence of my past...

Buy a memory and make it yours...

2012-01-25T16:47:00.000-08:00

In a few hours RAGTALES will open to the public and as items are purchased and memories attached to them come to the surface of my mind through the act of selling, I will be documenting them on the blog. All customers are encouraged to participate to the blog in anyway inspired, for example when their purchase becomes one of their own memories. I look forward to exploring the TALES behind the RAGs...

2012-01-25T16:32:00.001-08:00

RAGTALES

2012-01-25T16:31:00.001-08:00

Artist Statement

2012-01-25T16:30:00.001-08:00

A Matter of Process

2012-01-25T16:29:00.001-08:00

Poster

2012-01-25T16:28:00.000-08:00

Response

2012-01-25T16:26:00.000-08:00

A CUT. A SCRATCH. A SCORE.