Arcade: Stage One

New fun in a nascent stage at the BAC. I'm waiting for my slot in the Basement this Friday. Here was the first assignment to gain entry:

Dear (Codename)

Here are the asks we make of you to complete Stage One of the Arcade experiment.

* Please describe, with words and/or pictures, the first place - real or imagined - that comes into your mind when you read the phrase 'underground space'.
* Please create a digital image/photo of a childlike sketch of 'a house with a cellar beneath it'.

Please send these to [email protected] by midnight on Sunday 18th May. Stage Two of the Arcade will open on Monday 19th May.

For further explanation of these asks, please visit arcadestageone.wordpress.com

Thanking you

Edmund Speckle

The picture above and the following text are my rather hurried contributions:

‘Underground Space’
The first underground space I remember as such was encountered deep within two gnarled and ancient oak trees growing from a bank near the house of my grandmother. I pushed my way in between the roots and sat in the soft clay dust and dry leaves holding my favourite toy cat Henry, hiding from the rest of family walking up the lane behind me. The smell of dampness, earth, the feeling of concealment; the thrill of being unseen; hearing them call my name; amusement turning to faint panic. The sound of my own breath as I hugged myself into fierce invisibility.

Comments

[Late Adopter]

Surely this is the definitive 'house with basement' imagery:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_01/Austbasement3REUT228x697.jpg

I am enjoying a Jerry Sadowitz hangover, but I'm sure it will soon pass.

Laters,

E x