Although the work done for Sardine Street and the work we are hoping to produce differ, their process is especially interesting to me. I use the bottom part of the high street every day but often walk through it unaware of what is going on around me, either using it as a path to get me somewhere else or a quick stop off to buy something I need. After reading Sardine street I was introduced to new ways of viewing it. ‘you need to be hyper-sensitised to the flows, stories and textures of what is around you’ (Crab man& Signpost, 2011). This is why as a group we are going to spend time exploring the high street using ‘The Elements’ mentioned in the book.

Lincoln in steeped in history being one of the oldest towns in Britain so although our piece is observational we wanted to look into the history behind specific points in the town such as the Bailgate, Jews house and St Mary’s Le Wigford. Which Sardine Street suggests however this is not what particularly drew me to the reading  is the other ‘Elements’. I am most interested in ‘static drifts’ I think it will be interested to stop and sit still in an area where people are constantly moving, so this is what we are going to do. We are going to use the idea of static drifts in order to find movements and ideas that we can use throughout the duration of our piece.

Persighetti, S., Smith, P. (2011) A Sardine Street Box of Tricks. Plymouth: Blurb Inc