About the project

Locus - an art project with refugees, asylum seekers and members of the local community from Portsmouth. Artists Ania Bas & Les Monaghan were in residence at Portsmouth Friendship Centre for a year working with the participants to explore their personal LOCUS.

The residency took place between October 2009 and September 2010.

Some of the works developed during the residency continue their post-project life. This blog is being updated with any news on where the work can be seen, played, encountered. If you are interested in learning more contact Ania on aniabas{at}gmail{dot}com

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We worked with paper for a number of sessions, all the reasons why we found it important:

paper |ˈpāpər|
noun
1 material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material : a sheet of paper | [as adj. ] a paper bag.
• (usu. papers) a piece or sheet of paper with something written or drawn on it : he riffled through the papers on his desk.
• ( papers) significant or important documents belonging to a person : the personal papers of major political figures.
• [as adj. ] denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence or little merit or use : a paper profit.
• a government report or policy document : a recently leaked cabinet paper.
• ( papers) documents attesting identity; credentials : two men stopped us and asked us for our papers

verb [ trans. ]
• ( paper over) disguise (an awkward problem) instead of resolving it : the ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over.

PHRASES
be not worth the paper it is written on - be of no value or validity whatsoever despite having been written down.
make the papers - be written about in newspapers and thus become famous or notorious.
on paper - in writing. • in theory rather than in reality : the combatants were, on paper at least, evenly matched.

Pictures by Les Monaghan

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