Janet corran - going home with ///what3words
‘Home’ is where Janet has lived her most influential moments; gathered memories and where she became who she is. Janet has selected a series of six local working women, who have strength and character, to become her ceramic ‘Queens’. Each Queen/Lady wears a crown and is set on a plinth that includes 3 random words - ‘///what3words’. The three words relate to a location within our world and therefore promote some audience curiosity and interaction. Technological devices can be used to easily find each of the locations that the Queens represent, to within a 3 metre square. These six locations circle what Janet calls ‘home’.
Each location is personal to her and her social history. For example, ‘Queen Inneen’ relates to Janet’s grandmother’s shop (1960s) and the Manx word Inneen (girl) is the name of her sister; the ‘Queen of the Fountain’ has been taken from Janet’s early memories of Peel’s open air Pool. ‘The Trawler Queen’ is a title she once held and represents her love of the sea; bay swimming in the 1970s and her husband’s fishing boat, the Manx Maid. In Janet’s teens she spent a great deal of time hanging out around the grounds of St Peter’s Church. At that time, her house overlooked Ballawattleworth Farm and the field of sheep, (Lady Loaghtan). Peel Castle, (St. Patrick’s Queen), is the landmark of Janet’s life and a representation of the place she still calls home, despite having lived in another location for all of her adult life.
Medium: ceramic
Dimensions: 32 x 15 cm
Each location is personal to her and her social history. For example, ‘Queen Inneen’ relates to Janet’s grandmother’s shop (1960s) and the Manx word Inneen (girl) is the name of her sister; the ‘Queen of the Fountain’ has been taken from Janet’s early memories of Peel’s open air Pool. ‘The Trawler Queen’ is a title she once held and represents her love of the sea; bay swimming in the 1970s and her husband’s fishing boat, the Manx Maid. In Janet’s teens she spent a great deal of time hanging out around the grounds of St Peter’s Church. At that time, her house overlooked Ballawattleworth Farm and the field of sheep, (Lady Loaghtan). Peel Castle, (St. Patrick’s Queen), is the landmark of Janet’s life and a representation of the place she still calls home, despite having lived in another location for all of her adult life.
Medium: ceramic
Dimensions: 32 x 15 cm