Memory lane

Could there be some memories you will remember only if you are in a certain place at a certain time? Stories you haven’t even told your inner self. You might be surprised what appears.

Find a place to sit in your chosen space, even be adventurous and sit somewhere you never sat before. Bring your pen and paper and stay for a while. No pressure.
Let the pen tell the paper any memories or stories that appears. It can be words, sentences, a novel or a drawing according to what your pen desires.

Sometimes it will involve the space you find yourself in, but other spaces might also appear.

Tell all the stories that come to you, by writing them down or talking to a sound recorder.

First include memories and stories that appear. Next, focus on memories from that specific space. Feel free to invite fiction.

Phone call guide

This method is inspired by a moment I was calling from my home, guiding a friend through a flat in Copenhagen in order to find something I left there.

By guiding and being guided in dialogue over the phone, new areas of the space was revealed to both of us, through her sharing of observations and my memories merging in the moment.

To reveal more about a space you know already, guide someone who is there from one place to another within that space. The path can be guided by relating to amount of steps, choice of directions, relation to objects, their movements, prominent colors in that space as a few examples.

You can also try other methods in combination with the phone call guide such as Recording Distances, Mirroring Architecture, Naming, to name a few.

Space dreams

Imagine the space you want to revisit and write all what you remember about it, from stories to details, or even draw it .

Collective stories

Ask people who has been in the chosen space to write their memories, it could be their most or least favorite things or stories, inspired from and including colors, words, sounds, smells, tastes, temperatures, light, people, movements, and much more.

Love affairs

Find your favorite parts of the space and write about them. If it is things such as doors, windows or floors then consider to also write about those less favorite.