On Recording One's Own History

[electrodruid]

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[anonymous]

This reminded me of this guy I exhibited with last year who collected scraps of paper together and drew little narratives on them (a bit like David Godbold, the election artist). They were kind of sad becuase the narratives were always so hopeful, kind of like romance comics, and the scraps of paper were so abandoned looking. There used to be a man in brick lane who sold old letters and diaries, but I could never bring myself to buy them becuase it seemed like such an invasion of privacy.
Louisa

[electrodruid]

Where did he get the old letters and diaries? I guess they'd be really interesting to read, but the idea of being able to buy and sell things like that seems really strange.

[anonymous]

I guess he got them from house clearances, I'm not sure. They were pretty old, from the 30's 40's and 50's mostly. He had old photos and postcards and things too.