So I was surprised I only had enough prints to fill one wall, and originally my plan was to fill the room. However at this moment in time one I can’t create any more prints, and I think with the work I have done it is enough to show where I wanted to go with the installation/exhibition.
I actually believe that this lockdown has forced me to think about what is necessary with this project. I wanted to print the lines on black paper as well. I wanted the emboss the text pages with the string because I love how it looks on the back on the other prints. However now having it all up on the wall I have realised that a lot of this was unnecessary. That I need to learn when to stop. Another aspect of this and the lockdown providing opportunities to think and adapt, is placing this up in my living room. As soon as I realised this was my only option, I realised it should have been the decision I made in the first place. As it works with my theme of domestic abuse, and placing it in a domestic environment works. If I was having a show/exhibition. I think it would best work with filling the room completely with prints, to make it quite oppressive, but then with the contrast of a home, with sofas, or a bed, tv the whole lot. To set it up as a living environment I think I would be extremely successful. I am really proud of myself and the work and the end result of this project.
I am going to leave the work on the walls for a few days, and I want to experiment with photographing it in different lighting and see how that effects the mood in the environment. But also take some better quality photographs in daylight.