@ MANSIONS
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geraldine GREENE

12th -13th April 2002

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EXHIBITION INFORMATION
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Mansions is located at a major pedestrian and traffic intersection,
where there is a constant flow of people passing by from the city centre to
the west-end.

The aim of this site-specific piece is to stop people passing
in-transit and to make their usual, every-day journey more interesting by engaging
them in something unexpected.

When people get caught in everyday routine of getting from A to B,
urban routes becomes passages of transition, somewhere to daydream, and there
is a loss of sense for the surroundings.

Mansions is situated in this kind of non-place, the building often
lying empty and unnoticed, its location discouraging people from occupying
it.

People find their way through cities by following a series of visual
cues in the form of road signs.

The red arrows pointing to the photos in the windows attract attention
in the same way, drawing people in, and make them pause in their journey
at a point where they otherwise would not.

Initially, the arrows draw attention to the photos, and then the images
in the photos draw attention to Mansions and its surroundings. The
presence of
a figure in the photo in the same position as the viewer makes them
aware of their own presence in the space, and physical interaction with the
surrounding space.

This causes the viewer to retain their sense of place, and reconnect
with their surroundings

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