Some other boot fair pics
Snapshots taken during the residency at some car-boot fairs where I purchased my materials.
books,essays etc
The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Cambridge
Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology)
by Arjun Appadurai
Synopsis
The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Focusing on culturally defined aspects of exchange and socially regulated processes of circulation, the essays illuminate the ways in which people find value in things and things give value to social
Base Elements
A project made during a residency at Allenheads Contemporary Arts, 2007/8.