New ideas..

I was thinking a bit more about my black squares and thinking they need something, as I was blogging a while ago, I was thinking about countries, ownership etc.then I had one of those nights you know when you can't sleep because your head is buzzing with a million and one ideas and heres what I 've got out of it...First I started thinking about graffiti artists and how when they tag someting they claim ownership of it really, in a way, they put their tag name on it and forever brand it as theirs until someone paints over it, so I thought I should research tags and tagging why they choose that tag name and all that. Then I started thinking about why they tag and graffiti where they do?for some people its just mindless, for others it can be to make an area which is usually run down to look better, to add beauty, colour, art to it....which lead me to what if I chose my areas of ownership for the same reasons, to make a run down place look better. So how would I do that...my idea is to plant a square of flowers surrounded by a little fence so as to protect my area of land. In many cases obviously I couldn't plant it in the ground but I think it would look all the better these plants just sitting on pavement. I know as well they wouldn't last they would be kicked or whatever but that can all be part of the process. Any opinions/suggestions?

Butler gallery

So I've been doing an internship in butler gallery in Kilkenny, its been good I have just been doing mostly invigilating and doing little jobs for the administration who run the gallery ,who are very nice by the way. But they have a really cool show on at the moment by David Beatties who is on the front of Circa at the moment so is hot stuff right now. His work is all about experimentation with random objects and space, like one of his pieces is a big water bottle held up over a hot plate that leaves off a little drip of water every few minutes that evaporates as soon as it hits the plate, I think its called how to make a cloud or something either way its really cool!I am fully recommending this show.

Thanks to my lovely boyfriend Johnnie for making my blog look all pretty!x

It's been a little while; I've taken a bit of a break since college finished up but I'm going to get back into it now!I've been thinking more about what these countries, these black squares represent what they are about, they're about ownership but if I own them I should be able to control them but I can't, I can put rules on them but how can I enforce them the areas are so small people are in them for no longer than a second when they walk over them. Should I make the areas larger?Should I have a flag?A sign maybe that says 'you are now entering ..............' 'you are now leaving .............' I need a name for my country as well... I want to look into soundscapes a bit more as well, I want to try and do a soundscape in a church. I like the idea that they are all speaking in unison but they have been told what to say, it's all drilled into them its like the opposite of the crowd at the match when they all spoke as one it was all very natural very primal and very loud whereas the church would be quiet. Any suggestions?