I Remember Golden Light

Oh dear, how do people do it? Keep up with Real Life and blogging at the same time I mean. RL has been getting in the way for me big time since school’s started back. Aside from the usual classes I’m also interning for Litmus, who run One Day Sculpture. The past couple of weeks I’ve spent a fair amount of time helping out with Bekah Carran’s project, I Remember Golden Light. It took place from 00.00 – 23.59 Friday 6 March at the National Library of New Zealand.

“Appearing self-made and informal in contrast to the concrete solidity of the National Library building, I Remember Golden Light offered the visitor only 24 hours in which to study a curious and intriguing collection of found images. The archive contained thousands of pictures which betray an anonymous, diligent collector seemingly obsessed by collating discarded materials to piece together a record of an impossibly beautiful, ideal environment.”

I babysat the work from 9pm til midnight and it was the most enjoyable stewarding experience I’ve had. Most people who came to see the work were friendly and delighted by the experience, and the smell of warm brown paper was intoxicating.