Spaces in-between, Heterotopias, how can they be defined and how does the concept connect to my practice? In a way I am starting to establish these strange senses of Heterotopias or heiditopias as I playfully call them, in my everyday journeys.
I find them as physical or mental places in-between. It may be in the way between spaces at work, that journey down the corridor, up the stairs or in the lift. These are non-places, or not defined as other than, indeed, a space in- between. There is no other official purpose to these spaces, other than going from A to Z or travelling from here to there..
However, a lot happens in-between this 'in-between' space; the planning ahead, the expectations bit fears of what is on the other side, the destination. A brief daydream, an exchange of glimpses, intrigue, sudden lust or exchange of trivial banter with a stranger.
It may more of a moment of déjà vue, a memory triggered by smell, sound it the voice of the automated lift operation.. It may be a place for ideas to take shape to develop and continue each time there is 'head space' in a hetero- or heiditopia. Perhaps these spaces are a kind of collection or storage tank of ideas and things-to-do - that sort if stuff one never 'finds time to do'. Perhaps the spending of time in in-between space is a set of accidents and unplanned events and thought processes coming together, naturally almost, because 'there is nothing real or set practical tasks to do in these anonymous spaces?
Perhaps we find ourselves surprised at the realisation that our activities in these spaces in-between are real yet transient.
I will collate more thoughts on this, at a range of levels, more superficial : such as the immediate realisation that one is in a transient fast-forward kind of space - and the more slow emerging notions of memory, sense of belonging (or not!).
I will try to be more clear next time. Right now I am clearing my head if all the ideas and then I will lay all the cards on the table and sort them.
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