This - writing which cannot be read - reminded me of some work I did a couple of years ago for an exhibition entitled 'Visualising Ancestors' much of which used words - writing - as a starting point.
Illustrated is a stage of a piece entitled 'London Migration III' which incorporates names, birthplaces and occupations of my husband's great great grandparents, all of whom migrated into London . As well as commenting on the difficulties of unravelling such information when tracing London-born ancestors, it underlines the need to reappraise conclusions in the light of new evidence.
I've not come across this before and I had to look it up. I found this which might interest you.
ReplyDeleteFascinating idea. I'm not sure I could do it.
Thanks for that! - I've submitted another image to them for their consideration
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