Chris Bagnall's room
This
room is in a constant state of change…
It is a large room that is often occupied by up to 7 people, but with plenty of room. The building is an old school that has been used for educational uses for over a century. However, this room does not necessarily reflect the rest of the building. It carries the same architecture within the large curved windows that are lined with thick black lead. The ceiling reaches up high and reaches a large curve, giving a sense that it reaches out forever. Like the walls this is painted white, this may not be its original colour. This has been lost with years and layers of thick white paint. The smell of the paint also lingers around, not sensed by its usual occupants as they have spent far too much time here to notice it anymore. To them it is as natural smell as the fresh open air.
It is a large room that is often occupied by up to 7 people, but with plenty of room. The building is an old school that has been used for educational uses for over a century. However, this room does not necessarily reflect the rest of the building. It carries the same architecture within the large curved windows that are lined with thick black lead. The ceiling reaches up high and reaches a large curve, giving a sense that it reaches out forever. Like the walls this is painted white, this may not be its original colour. This has been lost with years and layers of thick white paint. The smell of the paint also lingers around, not sensed by its usual occupants as they have spent far too much time here to notice it anymore. To them it is as natural smell as the fresh open air.
These
occupants are what make this room vibrant and exiting. They are
creators and spend hours and hours here. Although there is enough
space for many other people, the occupiers of the room are blocked
off from each other with the use of large white panels. These are
used in various ways (hence the constant change). The most common of
which is 7 rectangles with a large corridor running through the
middle to a large red door
The white panels are not always white. Yes they are painted white regularly, but glimpses of vibrant colour and texture that have been thrown over the walls remain. These splashes run over onto the grey plastic looking floor that covers the entire room.
The bottom corner is used as storage for large rectangular frames that once again are riddled with various colours and marks. This room has been an important place for people in the past decade. It has been a place of sanctuary and work which often fuels the activities that happen within its walls. The work produced is variant and can be in almost any material imaginable, as long as the user has the skills to manipulate them. Scars of this work remain around in the forms of scratches and even cracks in the floor and walls.
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