For this project I was interested in focusing on the objects in our lives that we hoard or accumulate unintentionally. Those things that pile up so quickly, they seem to do so automatically. The most prevalent accumulation in my life right now is paper (loose sheets with notes from days when I didn't have a notebook with me, sketches and printouts waiting to be put into process books, sketches and printouts that never made it into process books, pieces of paper towel that I eventually use for blotting paintbrushes, unused napkins, old envelopes with the letters still inside or nearby, post-its, to-do lists). I chose this clutter as the subject for my fort.
For the form, I decided to continue the paper theme by creating a book. I liked the idea of exploring a design that allowed the fort to exist primarily in the viewer's mind. My first idea was to create a typical book with written descriptions of what I wanted my audience to imagine. This idea fell flat when I lacked inspiration for its content. I eventually settled on a tunnel book. The structure of the book brought it closer to traditional ideas of "fort" as a defined space and sanctuary. The book itself cannot be entered but still surrounds the vision of the viewer as if they were in an enclosed space.
My first attempt at figuring out the structure of the tunnel book.
This experiment is about 3"x 1.5" and made with printer paper.
A close-up of the interior pages.
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