RICH WHITE - Wembley Vision Report 07812444612
[email protected] www.counterwork.co.uk Introduction My initial intention was to discover resident’s opinions and thoughts about Wembley, and also what they would change about it. The purpose of this was to generate visual and written material from which I will then develop an artwork. Processes I spent four days (from the 3rd to the 6th December) based at The Coming Soon Club in Cottrell House. I had prepared a questionnaire for visitors to fill in, and also provided paper, pens and pencils for people to leave their drawings and thoughts. In addition to this I also created a slideshow which was continually updated with new texts and images as they occurred. The initial texts and images were created by myself in order to provide visitors with more information and stimulus. The text posed questions and suggestions such as ‘What would you like to Workshop tables at Cottrell House see happen in Wembley?’ and ‘Draw a picture of Wembley in the future’. As the project progressed I added quotes from the questionnaires and from conversations that occurred. The images were photographs I had taken on my mobile phone whilst out and about in Wembley. I would try to take unusual, but still beautiful, images as a way showing residents a side of Wembley they might normally miss due to familiarity. The images were also posted to twitter with the tag #wembleyvision. Images and drawings from attendees were added as the project progressed. As well as being at Cottrell House I also spent time walking around various parts of Wembley observing how people used the different spaces along the ‘Fringe’ area and around the stadium.