Open day and residency images, Ann Rapstoff

photography by Hilary kneale and Roger Perkins

Open day and residency images, Hilary Kneale

Day five and six

I have spent time researching the history of Amelia Dyer, she was mentioned in the small museum here at Blakes Lock, which resulted in further investigation. Her shadow and that of the children she killed in Reading has been haunting me. I spend time walking to the lock in Caversham, where one of the children was found. I locate the street and house off Oxford Road where Dyer lived. I ask myself what my interest is - what draws me to this history? It stems from my interest in immersion in water, under my skin, in naming the unamed, trying to bring to light/life a lost name, a place which goes on as if nothing has happened.

I have been fascinated by making drawn maps through visual and aural mark making and decide to do the walk to Caversham Lock again, plotting the sounds and sites through marks for the next day.