It’s funny. You know how you know that design is different to art. Well it is, and its partly because you get to decide what the art is (as opposed to making something for someone) and you get to decide when it is done, when its finished (as opposed to when they are happy with it, or it is delivered in a final form). House Voice was a textural piece to explore how to incorporate text and a changing voice within a house. We were asked to respond to the house and

 

Some research into the house revealed its changing use over time, and how its occupants also varied – at one time it was a shop, another it was filled with occupants, or partly locked up. Creating a voice for the house, that also

 

Well, we got to make some art and Ben Saks made a film about it.

Mattress Factory Gestures : Intimate Friction from Float Pictures on Vimeo.