BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES

For the 'Beyond The Boundaries" brief, i decided to look at non physical boundaries that at the same time are prominent and cause a divide in everyday life. In particular I started looking at the boundaries within the city, of social divide. I came across the book 'Spaces of Identity' that communicates what I was looking at:

'The boundaries that separate one nation from another are no more real than the equator. They are merely convient demarcation of ethnic, linguistic and cultural entitites'
(IBM 1990)

I continued with the idea of intangible boundaries, however, moved on to look at travel, commuting and people's awareness. I spent a day sitting on the Southern Rail network, from which vast landscape can be seen on many of its networks. Within the passing landscapes, boundaries can be seen between residential and green areas, as well as industrial and sometimes social. So often i find that with the stress of daily lives, this wealth of scenery is so often glazed over not just by our awarness of it, but by the physical boundaries caused by the shape of the train and altering our line of vision.

I took advice from Baldessari and used his technique of not looking through the viewfinder when taking photos, so that what was taken in or out of focus was completely by chance.