Byron has spent much of his time in lockdown reading Art History books and watching SKY Arts on tv, and he has become enthralled by the work of Gillian Wearing.
He is specially taken by Wearing's famous series 'Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992/1993)' – an opus consisting of a number of photographs: the artist would approach a stranger in the street, give them a sheet of paper, ask them to write down what they were thinking about, and photograph them holding the result.
According to Byron, Wearing enjoyed this because it challenged her perception of her subjects – and he would like to recreate her work so as to challenge his own perceptions.
Since I have repeatedly warned him against speaking to strangers, (and also because he's quite shy) he plans to recreate Wearing's process using members of the family starting (unsurprisingly) with Wilson – who agreed to lend his Polaroid to Byron only on condition that he could go first!
I think I could have predicted what Wilson was thinking about – I don't imagine Byron's perception of him will have been greatly challenged!
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Today's Optimistic October Calendar entry exhorts us to: Remember that things can change for the better…
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