Whilst on the quest to find lost, broken and abandoned objects we encountered various obstacles within the process – many of which have benefited our performance. Navigating the city searching for objects allowed us to freely explore different areas of Lincoln until we noticed and documented certain traits…
Several members of the public sparked conversations with us as they asked what on earth we were looking for as we rummaged through the streets of Lincoln – even leading to a member of the city council approaching us. In explaining to these spectators that we were creating an art installation of these broken objects that we were collecting we were often met with a surprised expression from the member of public. They may not have been aware at the time, but essentially through that conversation we are questioning what exactly art is as they were forced to think how what they may deem to be rubbish is now going to be presented in a gallery setting. In many ways, these members of the public are turned into our audience members as the process of collecting becomes part of our performance to some extent. This idea of an extension of the performance was inspired by Luke Jerram’s Sky Orchestra project in which he hoped to tap into people’s conscious through his musical hot air balloons being played around Derry. Therefore, his target audience members may not even be aware that they were in fact part of a performance, much like the passers-by on the streets would not be aware that they are part of our performance by challenging the way the viewed the junk of which we collected.