My mum, my dad, my brother and I each write our own name on a single piece of paper. We lean on the desk in my mum's home office that used to be my brother's room before he left home. The writing of one's own name is performed perhaps thousands of times during one's lifetime. I simply wanted to document the four of us performing this task together, to record the way our hands move and the way we make the name 'Rowles' our own. At 10% of the original speed, the action becomes weightier and takes on an air of finality. There appears to be a mixture of confidence and hesitation in the performance of this task.
© Kate Rowles. 2007
