Like the other students, my Encounter With a Stranger began with the brief from Anna Fenemore to go on a journey either within the building or outside, somewhere I had never before explored. Along our journey or tour, we were to highlight points of interest and then make a response in our preferred art form for the group to experience whilst sat on a chair
I decided to explore the building: It is brand new and being a new student to MMU I had not yet had chance to explore it fully. This seemed a perfect opportunity.
I began upstairs and found myself in a corridor empty except for a piano and lots of doors.
Most were locked but one at the very end of the corridor was open. I peered inside and my senses were immediately infused with the rich smell of wood.
This lonely cupboard with its peeling labels instantaneously appealed to my artist's spirit of inquiry -
The bottom drawer was labelled castanets
Upon creaking the clunky bottom drawer open I was greeted with a sight that filled me with relief.. a multifarious array of castanets, old and new, different colours, shapes and sizes...
I instantly knew I had found something that I could work with - as a visual and live artist I required a point of interest that was both visually and contextually appealing - I just had to complete my journey to figure out my context for installing them...
Photographs by Emma Thackham
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