In our week 9 seminar, we looked at an article written by Georges Perrec, where he attempted to exhaust a space in Paris of every detail he could see around him.
Our task was to go out and do the exact same thing with a location in Lincoln. This is an extract of my attempt of exhausting a location in Lincoln:
A wide murky body of water running gently beneath a Victorian era building, which arches at the bottom. There are rails either side of the river, black in colour and built upon a stone banking. The banking is old, you can tell from the plant life and moss growing between the cracks. There are two paths and two sets of stairs that run along either side of the river. Both sets of steps go up through narrow alleyways. The river and Victorian building are enclosed by various tall buildings, which are tightly packed around each other. the area is sparsely populated with people. groups of 2 or 3 will pass by now and then or the odd individual. There are two artificial lighting sources, old black lampposts. For some reason, one of these lights is on during the day…
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