PROP BUILDING

Finally, on Thursday, I managed to construct a semi-functional structure, within the limitations of the tools and materials I had – a drill, but no saw, six pieces of pine in two different lengths, some wing nuts and bolts, a clamp and assorted kinds of tape. This is what I came up with, however the structure isn’t very stable and doesn’t move in very many directions. 

After I’d put it together, I began to think that maybe a prop wasn’t actually necessary, that perhaps it functioned as a distraction from, rather than a framing of, the process of recording and viewing through the camera. A prop is something which stops something else from falling apart. It holds something up, perhaps a physical object, perhaps a situation or an idea. Does the use of a prop suggest an instability in the situation? And another thought - does the word prop relate to the idea of proposition? Perhaps more on this next week in our ‘proposition’ phase...

So instead, after all this, I have just been using the window bench as camera prop. Hopefully this lets the process of recording the light in the space everyday become central.