Regeneration! 2015 by Jessie Brennan is a collection of writings, drawings and photographs from a project she completed about Robin Hood Gardens as ‘one of Britain’s most utopian ideals: public housing.’ She creates beautifully delicate rubbings of resident’s front door mats whilst approaching them for interview about the estate; Conversation Pieces 2014. These door mats also represent the design of the ‘streets in the sky’, including a small deck area outside each flat to encourage socialising outside of the house. Brennan discusses how demolition of council estates is executed with ‘such glee’, ‘to erase council estates so publicly functions as a sign of social and political progress.’
Pieces based on Robin Hood Gardens
A Fall of Ordinariness and Light 2014
Graphite on paper (framed in aluminium), 57.5 x 71.5 cm. Commissioned for Progress by the Foundling Museum, 2014.
The Order Land; The Scheme; The Enabling Power; The Justification.
Conversation Pieces 2014-15
Door mat rubbings in collaboration with residents of Robin Hood Gardens, before the estate's planned demolition.
Graphite on paper, 102 x 66 cm
I find these door mat rubbings beautiful, from concept the the final delicate greys of the outcome these pieces are a real statement within the demolition of Robin Hood gardens.
For my 'Homely' editorial concept, I'd love to use this idea to create a sense of intimacy between the publication and the reader, perhaps using my own door mats or textiles within my house.
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