I hung these postcards thinking in relation to a museum type format- imagining information banners. On all but one I used invisible thread - not sure if this was ideal or not and it wasn't really commented on in the studio crit- other than to say the cards seemed to be 'floating' like they were on their way!
Interestingly, several of the cards are adressed to the same person - Egger - presumably the correspondents have passed away, as the cards are quite old, and found in a brockiland Zurich.
There age was mentioned - perhaps I could look into taking photos from these places as they are today, or research the change over the years. Particularly considering piccadilly circus, these brands no longer exist - the place is constantly changing. They are also taken from strange angles - not actually how a tourist would see the city from some kind of birds-eye view. This is not real England.
Someone suggested contacting or researching the photographers, or photography studios directly, and beginning a correspondence.
The postcard of Newport is cropped strangely- it's actually not picturesque?
The thing that people were mainly interested in was actually the backside of the cards - so its good I displayed them in this manner. We discussed a narrative between the recieved and sendee, who are they? What do they do - should I look on google earth for these addresses? Can I come up with some kind of fiction about them? Or find out more?
The language they are written in is also interesting - some very colloquial, some very serious - and German - we are being permitted to read it, but unless we understand German cannot fully comprehend. The issue of sensoring also cropped up.
That's all I can remember for now!
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