Seeing and Believing #1 Double-back

Interactive site-specific intervention, a situational setup

The work was placed around the Project Space at Edinburgh College of Art, making the room a viewing platform in the piece. Inside the room were two pairs of binoculars and an almost-empty jug of water hosting within it a disheveled worm. Outside the windows there were three installations, each consisting of a pile of empty clothes, shoes and socks and a glass of water beside each.

Participants were encouraged to explore the room's clues and links in order gain an understanding of the situational setup. Each participant came to their different conclusions as specific to their personal narrative of interaction with the work. The group was encouraged to openly discuss their different participation experiences with the work and how they had come to their varying conclusions about what had happened.

The situational setup has no explanation in itself until it has been brought meaning. One section to another, each object relates explicitly to one another in physical relation to the room and the outside. The room is a breathing place in a timeless bubble of wondering thought. Usually you see, you assume, you act. Here in this still life, you see, you assume, you re-assume, you learn what can happen when you are faced with unanswerable questions.