Now I'm halfway through Sophie Calle's book, it's helped me push the boundaries on what the contents and rules of my piece should be. I was feeling overwhelmed at the thought of creating the whole thing (writing, crafting, designing) and creating a conventional book like that is something that the tutors have advised against. But Calle reminds me - as did the 2 examples from last years students - that you can create a book of non linear, concept driven work. So instead of having 8 chapters, a few projects within each one (which I was mapping out and dreading a bit) I am now looking to impose some really strict rules and conventions - in the way that a student from last year chose to create 50 logos for 50 figures from the 1950s. I want to develop some rules similar to this; for example 50 pages of varying illustrations each to an environmental issue within Sydney, such as bees, plants, rooftop gardens. Then each gets illustrated through the mediums I've already been proposing to work with (embroidered, drawn...). This could be called An Illustrated Index to Green Sydney.
Choosing '50' as a number/goal is one strategy of putting a rule over the project, another could be the create an A-Z of (illustrated) environmental issues within Sydney. For example:
B - Bee decline
G - Greenhouse gas emissions
E - Energy
U - Upcycling
V- Vertical Gardening
W- Worm farming
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