Marc Auge - 'Non-Places'

In this book Auge explores the concept of a 'non-space' as a place where people wander in and out of constantly but never settle. Airport lounges, bus stops and supermarkets he says results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Auge uses the concept of ‘supermodernity’ to describe the logic of a capitalist environment—a logic of excessive information and excessive space. Although interesting from an anthropological point of view it didn't directly inform my current work, however it did remind me of the feeling of mindlessly walking through these non-places and not completely percieving them. In insomnia these non-spaces extend to everywhere and everything, a non-awareness or non-mindfullness of your surroundings. I think by photographing empty spaces as in Martin Cregg's work, they can work as a metaphor for this experience.