Residency
Jermaine the Shopkeeper
2.1 Culturally Curated City
The experience of the same city can be completely differently
by different social groups. Social positining becomes the frame
of reference for one’s access, interpretation and experience
of the spaces around them. The places we choose to eat,
meet and recommennd to others and the routes we make in
between are a curated construction of who we are now and
a reflection of our aspirations for our personal and shared
futures.
“Deep hanging out” on the Broadwater Farm Estate allowed
me to experience the area as recommended by three
perspectives - Jermaine the estate shop keeper, my Airbnb
host Barry, and of that of a lone tourist and visitors. I
recorded these 3 spatial insights through a series of walks
determined by their cultural view of the area. In addition is the
commemorative protest route of the ‘Justice for Mark Duggan’
campaign.
Arrival route to the Airbnb
Commemorative Protest
Barry the Airbnb Host
The layering of local psychogeographies and social history
creates a curated cultural map of the everyday urban
experiences.
The collages below are based on Barry’s and Jermaine’s
perspectives of the estate they have in common and its
surrounding areas.
They illustrate the differences between the city that someone
curates for themselves or to show to others. Curation is a
form of design.
Jermaine the Shopkeeper
Arrival route to the Airbnb