Growth and decay

Here are some images from my first photographic expedition aound the Mack. I mainly tried to focus on interesting textures around the building because of their potenital to inspire me in making textiles and also because the simultaneous accumulation and deterioration found on these surfaces seem to be evidence of a community in action.

I particularly like the images below of the surfaces of desks (and my feet). The desks are where the overspill of paint, the marks from scalpels and the doodles of bored students have accrued, therefore becoming silent testaments to the GSA's interwoven artistic community. They are a shared history of sorts.