On Tuesday 22nd February we 'officially' began i am small THE WORLD IS BIG (2011). Of course we have been plugging away at the project for a good few months now, but that has all been preparatory work. When I say that this was the 'official' start of the project, it is because we started its core process: cutting up the world atlases. We will then take these fragments to the nine groups/communities across Kent for them to stitch them back together, thus reshaping the world. Though this was not a performance as such, we carried out the cutting in a performative manner. We set up the space, we wore 'costumes', we established the ground rules, and we started to cut. After 3 hours at it, and cannibalising over 30 atlases, we have enough map fragments for the first few visits to groups/communities.
A few intereting and unexpected questions came up: what happens if we cut accross national borders? where are the boundaries between continents? can you recognise a tiny piece of land if the capital is not part of it? considering there are such differences on the land, why do all oceans and seas look the same?
Paul McGrath, a local film maker, documented the cutting process. He is currently editing the footage and it will be posted on the new project website.... More soon!
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