Experimentation

After listening to Hamish's ideas about continuing with the imperfections of my space, I decided to experiment. Instead of taking photos, printing them large, and re-enter them into the space I decided to use a more immediate format, Polaroids. On this particular occasion my chosen room was occupied, so I used the next studio over, which has similar components to it.

 Hamish anticipated that I photograph the evidence of previous movement in the space, reproduce them, and place them on the ceiling. Although this would make the lack of movement apparent and close the space in on the viewer, financially it is going to cost a lot for me to cover the entire ceiling. He also mentioned being subtle enough so that the space looks unchanged, until studied, which really appealed to me.
At the time of the experimentation I could not reach the ceiling, so I decided to place the Polaroids on top of the area that I had photographed. At the moment I don't know what kind of message this has, but it seemed to work in making you look at the floor and notice the marks. Which under normal circumstances you wouldn't.

 As well as experimenting in this way I tried photographing other imperfections and placing the polaroids directly opposite what had been photographed, reflecting on what Hamish said about displaying what was on the floor on the ceiling. I found that this did not work as well due to the imperfections elswhere in the room are not evidently made by dance. They could quite easily have happened under other circumstances. However it did add more depth to the aesthetics, there was more to catch your eye than just some polaroids on the floor.