Space guide

Experience a place through someone else.

This method was born in Italy when walking through the outdoor Museum Arte Sella together with Masako. It is meant to be done by minimum two people or be passed on to someone else, however I think it can work alone as well by listening to your own recording a few days later.

1) Record yourself while guiding a fictional person through the space you find yourself in. The guide can address the movement through the space, prominent colours in that space or the relation to objects by giving the listener suggestions of questions or answers about something you encounter. The choices are many. Try to anchor the guide in at least three specific places on your journey so the listener can follow.

2) Record yourself guiding your partner through the space you find yourself in. When both are done recording, swap the recording with your partner and start your journey. You can also pass it to another visitor.

- The guide should give the participant suggestions of questions or answers to tell their partner when experiencing the guide.

- Describe something you see

- Consider your level of abstraction when guiding

Trademarks

In my bedroom in Copenhagen the radiator was ticking all night in the winters. Our front door had a sharp sound when it shut. These sounds are trademarks for those spaces, when I hear them again I am in that space immediately. Record the sound of what you feel is a trademark for the space you are in, if it has any.

Play the recording in another room, or listen to it when you go for a walk.
In which space are you?