The Burn

Considerations practicalities for the burning of the piece. 

Outside.

• Water hose nearby.

Hung in a line on the washing line. 

• Associations with clothes/ womens roles / Need the washing line after.
• Light one and let the rest catch.

Sewn together in a long column. 

• Light at one corner the rest goes up.
• Could catch in a big way

Weather.

• Wind: stabilising the piece so the burn can be controlled.
• Rain: relighting the fire.

Filming.

• On iphone, easier to control, move around and adjust filming to get detail.

Test Fire

2x A4 pieces of tracing paper. Lit outside by the studio. Hung from the studio, the wind was catching it a lot, making it impossible to light (so need to light the fire outside so have another source of flame. Or place some fire lighter in by the seam of the paper (but don't want it to go up too fast).

 

Tracing paper burns in a very beautiful way. If you watch the edges of the flame are preceeded by these white fingers of the material igniting, they rush forward clasping at the paper, racing up. The fire could really catch and the lot go up, or it could have to be totally restarted. It could burn and parts of it fly off. Spontaneous possiblities ! One things for sure it definitely disappears without a trace. All that work, energy and time gone with just the memory to remain.

Could burn it along the ground... less wind. Might be easier to control, but would that compromise the encounter?

Lovely burnt edges. Fascinated by the way it burns. Need to capture its movement as it burns up the length.

Weather report says rain so the ground may be wet tomorrow, slightly higher winds. Risky, but this is the point of an encounter, to go with the moment. It's all down to chance.