like for like Day 4

monday, two days off and a fresh look. It was great to have time to reflect on lst weeks progress and then to return to the scene of the crime. My initial concept on addressing the system of exchange was to leave an arena where participants could shuffle about the cards, create new towers, areas of developement and then to help build and shape the work. By doing like for like as a continuous project it becomes my progress and interaction with the work. i become the sole editor in a way that i had not intended. it may be that because of the lite foot traffic and the fact that i have been there constantly may inhibit any participation or investigation by the passers by. This new phase will hopefully change that with the evident movement in the cards. the grid is no longer there as the dogmatic organisational system and the organic shapes of a map are being revealed. I wasn't trying to make a map, but the evidence aesthetically and by the product of the movement reveals a map. A topographic one possibly because of the physical prescense and the evidence of the paths created because of the interaction with the participants( in addition to how the cards were aligned or organized afterwards). A definite trace of interaction is mapped out by the residual. It becomes a tally of consumption and distributon. The use of the card is because of teh materials available around me. The prevalence of these materials is reflective of their cheapness, but in no way is that to insinuate a notion of value in the work it self. The work is about the work itself. is evident of it self. and is an example of the system it was created with in. There is a fragile nature exposed here. A material that is rigid and used to protect products is also a frail thing and easy to discard for it to biodegrade or for recyclability.