I am the space where I am is an exhibition of other people’s corners.

A corner. A place or angle where two sides or edges meet. A bend in a road. A change in direction. An awkward or difficult situation. A remote or secluded area. Somewhere safe, local, familiar.  Somewhere to hide.  They are the first pieces you put in when doing a jigsaw. Something to build on. More than one of them makes shape, creates strength, contains things, keeps things out. A corner is an intersection, a junction. A corner is a negotiation, a conversation. 

From conversations with local people in an area of high migration I collect corners. Descriptions of the corners of people’s homes and the objects they fill them with. One from each person. I use a paper fortune teller as a way to randomise the questions I asked. 

These corners are then written up as text and exhibited in the corners of a local arts space/gallery in the area, along with instructions on how visitors can also add to the collection. 

Originally developed & presented with Proforma & Longsight Community Arts Space.