Frank Warren

After talking to John, I took a look at Frank Warren, an artist whom got people to send him postcards with there secrets on. The project itself doesn't directly link to mine, but is very inspiring. I have asked our group to do postcards for my with advice they think they would receive from the former selfs or give to there younger self, as of yet I have only received two, but I intend to ask everyone I come across over the christmas holiday, as I want more ideas to go into my project to make the images more creative and look personal.

In his project people send postcards, often with an image and writing over the top. They are truthful and people can let go to the things which they have kept secret, which makes them very emotional because you know it was real and came from the heart. A truth in which some people would never admit to the world in person. Without knowing these people you get a feeling for whole they are. They are very powerful images and even though many just done by every day people most are strangely empowering. They make you want to write your own secrets and send them in.

Here are a few examples:

I decided to look at ways in which Frank Warren show the postcards for inspiration towards how I could present my own postcards if they were going to be exhibited. The two images below show two different ways in which I have found he shown the postcards:

Even though this project is on a much larger scale then mine, so therefore there is many more postcards, I like the two ways in which he has chosen to put them together, it makes them more interesting to look at, and get people involved more while looking round the exhibition. Especially the second example where they are hung from string, you would have to go up to each one individually and even hold them to being able to read and see them properly.