(Here I am)

Space by its very definition is shared. The concept of land ownership began with the development of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent; along with the concept of land ownership for domestic and accumulative purposes came the rise of the ownership of sacred spaces. Today this idea seems natural and intuitive, yet it is in fact a perverse notion. Today we negotiate communal and private space on a daily basis. While the meaning of private spaces is often ascribed, fixed and regulated, the meaning of the communal, shared space, the space that no one owns, lends itself to plethora of interactions and meaning. The work in question comments upon this relationship with shared ownerless space. While the image depicts the physical reality of the space, the objects superimposed upon it show the symbolic meaning of the space. This is the voice of human agency. It is the point at which interpretation of the physical into the mental occurs. A beach is not simply a beach, it can be a longed for destination. It becomes; 'the beach were we arrived'. The ownerless unclaimed space takes on symbolic meaning and becomes ours through our symbolic interaction with it as we bring with us our belongings both physical and emotion.