I met up with Richard Higginbottom to discuss the latest dummy books, and in turn we collaborated on sequencing and the layout of work, to coincide with the idea of displacement and finding objects in the attic. In addition we used inspiration from Paul Graham's The Whiteness of the Whale, as well as his book called Does Yellow Run Forever?, which was recommended from my last meeting with Rich and Yan; the layouts in these books have a consistency and consideration that keeps the viewer guessing what will follow on.
Richard recommended to use the grey conceptual images as motifs in the work, to represent the haziness of memory or show personal growth in the series.
He also said to play with layout and sizing of images so it could be messy, coinciding with the project's theme of displacement; paper type was another recommendation to experiment with, like with the "Dario Not Dario" image: he said to perhaps print it separately on a different coloured tracing paper, and have it slide in amongst the images. This will allow the reader to interact with the book, as well as making it distinct between the other images.
Today has really inspired me to experiment and consider different layouts and sequences, developing the book to the finished product.
