i answered an open call on social media for ideas for a donations box for the strutts mill museum in belper. under the management of sarah skinner, the mill is evolving it’s operations and method of display of the items that it owns. working with sarah the donations box project will combine a purchased acrylic donations box on a base constructed from objects found in the cellar of the mill – the budget for the make was small.
working in the cellar of the mill, the project became a mini residency. i had conversations with both sarah and the volunteers about the mill then and it’s history.
the design of the donations box evolved from playing with the found objects and my desire to make something that can be played with and something sonic. the mill today is very quiet. when in full production it’s likely to have been a place of great sonic proportions.
sometime after sarah left the museum, the foh area was renovated and the donations box was retired :(
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