At the end of Visions 2020 I was due to head back to Colorado; however, my flight was cancelled as the US has closed its borders and is only allowing travel to certain airports in America. As of March 25th, I still have not been able to reschedule a flight, and feel that I could be here for a while. As the uncertainty and chaos around Covid-19 seems to be increasing, and not being able to travel back to Colorado as planned, I have had to rethink how I am going to approach the rest of my work in progress for this module.
At first, before we were in lockdown, I was considering looking at areas near the sea, such as Cuckmere Haven and exploring the history of the coastguard cottages, as that area and its history have always had some interest to me. I liked the idea of working near water, compared to dry desert areas I have been working in for the last year. However, as we are not allowed to explore these lands right now, I turned, once again to what is right outside the door and around the house.
(Above images taken in mid February 2020)
As it is spring, my parents are preparing for this year's garden and are in the process of replacing the old greenhouse with a newer one. As my interest is mainly land and how we are shaped by our surrounding, I thought I would take this opportunity to look at how we develop the land in smaller common ways around the home, such as gardening, small scale landscaping, the history of the land around us. I am not quite sure just how this is going to shape up in the short amount of time that I have left, but I am excited to delve into this and what will come of it. The few things that I have noticed so far is that I have to re-familiarize my self with is the type of land. Its is so much greener, and I feel its more compact compared to the land I have been exploring for this past year, but hopeful that with this fresh prespective I will notice and appreciate certain things I may not have before.