CPS Week #4 - Place

My method for the week was 'What artefacts of belonging, present in a space, can tell stories that language can't?' I was also inspired in this idea partially by Tracey Emin's 'My Bed'.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-my-bed-l03662

I was absent for the week on 'Place' so I undertook a task at home. Mainly preoccupied with the 'place' around me, I became interested in how certain objects build 'character' in a space - we can become dependent or inseparable from our surroundings based on the posessions we decide to keep. For example, I looked particularly at the places my cat enjoyed living around; to someone who visits this place and sees cat fur & a food bowl, it's clear that I own a pet, which then ties into my character as a person.

It's also interesting to see the places that my cat has made 'her own'; the spaces she chooses to inhabit within my house are like a window into her personality that she can't share through language. I can see that she likes warmth as she sleeps at the foot  of my bed, but has a bed downstairs for when she doesn't want to have to put up with a roommate (rude!). Given how dirty her bed is, you can also tell she's a cat who really enjoys rolling around in dirt. Space is an important way to bring out and express the character of those who reside or move within it.