So, I was also involved in an art installation at the Library called “The Little Museum of Ludlow” – part of a wider project created by London artist Teresa Albor.
“The Paradox of Order is a research based project that explores the notion of why we seek order in the world. One manifestation of the research involves creating “Museums” of objects (and in some cases sounds and/or memories) found/from/about a place, collected, prepared and installed over a set period of time, in as public a place as possible. The local community is encouraged to lend objects and share the story/history of the object, identifying its significance as part of the collection.”
In all, I spent six days there receiving objects from the public, or if that turned quiet, going out and acquiring stuff ourselves. And if something fired my imagination, I wrote a poem about it… Twelve poems in all. Many about ridiculous mundane objects like a plastic chip fork. I felt it my duty to breathe life into these throwaway items.
As an addition to the whole enterprise, Ash Roberts, one of the collaborators, posted 3 of my poems on ebay along with the collected items. All now have new homes.
Fellow collaborators were at the Little Museum of Ludlow were : Daisy Rickards, Kate Morgan-Clare, Catherine Wynne-Paton, Jean Atkin, Vivian Barraclough, Ash Roberts.
And what an inspiring bunch they are.