Sketching our own personal 'maps' would be a great starting point and undoubtedly a fruitful and honest way of sewing the seeds of collaboration. This is a link that will provide more food for thought along with Rich's inspiring quotes, its comes from Marina Warner's 'Memory Maps' teachings:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/adult_resources/memory_maps/what/index.html
M.
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Great ideas.
Another easy and interesting thing would be positioning our photos to the map on flickr...
Thanks for that link, Mark. Some great references and imagery. I like the idea of drift (dérive) and also the Russian concept of "vesch" - an object with a soul.
It's always fascinated me that there a words and concepts in some languages that don't have a direct counterpart in another. It points to different modes of thought, ideas of otherness...
Strange that I've just been talking to Kirston about "veschi" (without knowing the name) and the idea of placing these objects in wild places. Such gestures are like leaving a map of oneself in the landscape, a kind of surrender & merging of identities...
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