MEET THE TENANT PROJECT

Over the past 3 months I have been living and making art in Paris. I came here to  finish off an arts project I started  2 years ago.

Meet the Tenant project began in in the Summer of 2007,when I ventured down into the underground area of an apartment block in Asnieres sur seine. I sensed the presence of past lives lurking within the walls and this became the starting point for my project.

Within days I had massed hundreds of images, video, photos and drawings. I took them back to my studio in Australia and have been working on the project ever since. I edited the videos into an 18 minute piece and printed out some of the photos. Developed a storyline which keeps changing, and created a proposal ,to be performed . (See 1st draft below)

Today back in Paris 2010 I’m still no closer to resolving this project its forever ongoing and not sure where it will end up and its driving me mad. Why am I an artist???.

Proposal No.1 $10,000 – Jenny Davis 2010

“Go to Paris, from Australia & live in an underground space for 7 days and document everything that happens.Video, photographs,drawings, whatever, all things created become yours, you own the experience, everything including my clothes, shoes, food containers ,implements etc…I will deliver them to you. The art piece is… The whole thing…. you can do with it what you want”

(Due to sub zero temps. this project was canceled and may be performed at a later date)