In partnership with Southwark Council, Peckham Settlement, Peckham Space and Resonance FM. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Kickstarter Campaign supporters.
HOME is a public art work, audio and visual, reflecting Peckham residents’ ideas of why the area is home. The outcome was a community built multicoloured brick like public living room. Community interviews became mp3 tracks embedded in the structure so the public could hear different concepts of home ( on headphones). The colour code reflected the time interviewees have lived in Peckham. The 10 foot square public living room hosted a sound booth enabling public-run interviewing. HOME was built and used throughout the Olympics (July 27th- August 12th), engaging and being experienced by thousands. My aim was to make a work that reflects Peckham’s communities opinions as a whole and them individually while hopefully furthering their connection to where they live- HOME. In effect the work was a portrait of the community at this moment in time.
With social researchers we interviewed in all areas of the community ( June/July). These brief audio interviews asked the following three questions:
– How long have you lived in the Peckham Area?
– Do you consider Peckham your home? Why or why not?
– In one word how would you define home?
Using art as a platform, the work aimed to foster dialogue about pride or lack there of for Peckham. After the riots of last summer, this is a moment to rekindle those emotions in a constructive and creative way. Simultaneously inviting the public to build a work of art, that they can take ownership of and hang out in.
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