A polar opposite to my first idea, I am drawn to this one for its more lighthearted nature. I don’t know why but sometimes I really want to move away from the doom and despair of the contemporary art world and my own personal work. I guess it would be nice to present something that is fun and engaging.

1. This idea stems from a previous Idea I had for an installation last year, although I still plan on attempting the one I devised in year one, for the purpose of time that will continue to remain in my head. Having aways been fond of family trees and genealogy, I would like to create an aural family tree in the form of cassettes. Each cassette attributed to a single member of my family, displayed on a wall in the style of a large family tree. The audience will be invited to take any cassette they like and listen to it with headphones on. Each cassette will contain my family member discussing a number of questions I have proposed to them. I also like the idea of letting each relative add something to the tape-ie there favourite songs (probably played through there phone?). Living in the modern age, I feel we should make more an effort to preserve snippets of our lives for future relatives long after we have gone. With the emergence of DNA testing and genealogy interest, we should be documenting our own lives in a personal way, not just hoping our great-great-great grandkids stumble across our instagram accounts. Obviously this is a rather personal piece and don’t expect the audience to take much away sonically, for the voices are for me and my family. Instead the installation, I hope, will underline the need to voice everyone. Everyone has a voice and a life, and it seems sad that most of us will eventually become washed away with time. Okay so that also got very depressing again, this is not my intention–this should be a celebration of life and the many people that surround us, using cassettes and headphones will make the piece intimate.
2. For family members that have passed away, these tapes will be shorter, but I would like to try and find old video recordings or something which I can re-record onto the tape. This may not be possible.