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10/9 Project
In September and October last year the billboards outside
Lewes Station were, for once, rather intriguing: two photographs
by the South African photographer Neville Gabie depicting
hand-written diary entries from the 10th of September 2001.
This was the first stage of an ongoing collaboration between
Gabie and East Sussex Record office, dubbed ‘10/9’.
The idea is to recreate a collective picture of life in the
Lewes District on the eve of the terrorist attack on the twin
towers in New York on September 11th 2001. “The impact
of the terrorist attacks has dramatically affected all of
our everyday lives,” says organiser Frances Lord, “The
project is intended to be a reflection of the impact of that
event by focusing on the everyday activities on the day prior
to it.”
The organisers are calling on anybody living within the Lewes
District to hand in any diary or calendar entry, however small,
they made on the day in question. The information will be
housed in the East Sussex Information Office: a book of contributions
will be published in 2007. The response to the billboard campaign
was positive, but there were not many entries from younger
people, so Gabie is going to do a series of workshops, together
with an (as yet unnamed) writer, to redress the balance. Please
send contributions to Elizabeth Hughes, County Archivist,
East Sussex Record Office, The Maltings, Castle Precincts,
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1YT. AG |
