Jane Rendell

i'm almost there

but in the process have found myself fascinated by all kinds of thresholds - especially window cills and doors the last photographs i took of my old home were of the window cills the last thing to be done in my new home is the tiling of the window cills as i was pondering this i realised that it started to fit with the notion of 'between' and an issue of the public art journal i'd just edited about 'a place between' but also that there is a real anxiety about threshold spaces - as places in between - neither one things nor another there are a huge number of architectural manuals devoted to construction details for windows and for doors - different kinds of sealants for inward opening doors/outward opening doors also measuring the height of doors compared to damp proof membranes and damp proof courses also over the last weeks i've suffered from very bad cystitis - problems with plumbing

in the three places i've been living old home/new home/flat in nottingham the plumbing has broken down whilst i've been inhabiting the spaces i don't believe in witchcraft - but again this is i'm sure to do the mechanics of fluids (translation of the title of an essay by french feminist philosopher) - which don't fit happily with solid constructions keeping the water out - at the thresholds also keeping the fluids circulating seems to be a major concern so i'm looking into the threshold design and the plumbing for our new construction - how to keep fluids moving and to allow for seepage but i wonder whether my fellow inhabitants are in aggrement

more on this soon

jane

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