The first place I went to sit was in the Trinity centre.
20 written questions -
1. Where are people going?
2. What have they just bought?
3. What the hell are those kids doing behind that advert?
4. Why don't security want us to sit on the floor?
5. Why is it so busy?
6. Why do people spend so much money?
7. Why do people spend so much money at christmas especially?
8. Why do teens wear such weird clothes?
9. Why is fashionable for people to wear clothes with weed on it?
10. How long have people been here for?
11. How much have people spent?
12. Has anyone bought anything really naughty?
13. Where do these people live?
14. How far have they traveled to come here?
15. Whats the most expensive thing they've bought?
16. How do these kids afford all this expensive shit?
17. Why do their parents let them buy so much?
18. Why are really young kids allowed to come into Leeds by themselves?
19. Why is everyone so bothered about buying things?
20. Why do all young people look the same?
20 Written observations -
1. A guy had a hat on with the marijuana on - it was vile.
2. There is a child behind a sign doing something suspicious
3. Security don't like it when we sit on the floor
4. There's a man asleep with a pram
5. A guy with an inverted cross t-shirt on.
6. The same guy is more worried about his fringe than the person he is with.
7. Girls eating popcorn that doesn't smell nice.
8. Mother and daughter looking at Holland and Barrett but not actually going in
9. Woman looking at the same rail for 10 minutes
10. A couple arguing outside the shop
11. The majority of people sitting down are men
12. Young girl with Yves Saint Laurent bag.
13. Girl with about 10 shopping bags
14.Couple wearing the same glasses.
15. Couple wearing similar christmas jumpers.
16. Woman feeding her child cake
17. Woman eating food off of the same spoon as she was using to feed her baby.
18. Lots of rich looking old couples.
19. Lots of families out shopping
20. A lot of christmas decorations, quite a but of effort has been put in.
I ended up not being able to collect much ephemera for this brief as the places that I looked around did not have anything that would benefit my project. The only things I found were a leaf and a cigarette butt from Leeds Uni.
The Trinity roof making pretty reflections.
A giant snowman with shifty looking white foam on his face.
A lot of hipster looking teens in Trinity.
Some young teens were sat near the lifts. A couple were doing something dodgy behind the adverts. I dread to think what was actually happening.
Some guy fell asleep on the seats with a pram, waiting for his wife/girlfriend/woman.
This women was looking on that same rail for about 10 minutes.
These two girls were eating popcorn that smelt like warm dog poo.
The carpet was filthy.
Some cool looking guy with an instrument.
I tried to get a photo of the woman eating of the same spoon as her baby but I didn't want to get in trouble for taking pictures of children.
Lots of middle aged couples knocking about.
The majority of people sat down were men waiting for people, mainly waiting for their girlfriends.
This mother/daughter couple stood looking at Holland and Barrett for about 10 minutes but never went in.
This couple was arguing.
Lots of people liked to lean over the balcony.
More hipsters.
This guy paid more attention to his fringe than the girl he was with.
After that I did a bit of sitting in Leeds Uni campus.
20 written questions -
1. What courses are people studying?
2. Where did they get that coffee from?
3. Why is everyone dressed in such boring clothes?
4. Where is everyone going?
5. Why is it so quiet?
6. Why is there different random buildings places everywhere?
7. Why is this place so big?
8. How old is the oldest person here?
9. Whats the most popular course?
10. Why do so many uni students smoke?
11. Do the tutors actually like their students?
12. How many people here have taken hard drugs?
13. Who has come from furthest away to study here?
14. Why are so many people on bikes?
15. Why do people stick with their own kind?
16. I wonder how expensive the food is?
17. Where do people live?
18. Why is there a guy in a bee suite?
19. Has anyone noticed us yet?
20. Why was it so easy to get in?
20 written observations -
1. There was lots of people on bikes, I counted 24 in the hour we were there
2. There's a really weird atmosphere, it feels like a whole seperate world
3. People are coming out of the house looking building with test results
4. It's really quiet apart from people walking past and talking
5. There's a guy sat next to us smoking
6. A lot of people walking round by themselves
7. Females tend to be the loudest, especially when laughing
8. Group of friends/people walking round together all look really similar
9. Sudden rush of people
10. Saw a girl who went to my high school
11. People walk in sync with each other
12. Girl with really big scarf on, goes all the way down her legs
13. There's no pigeons here.
14. More variety of people here than at LCA
15. A lot more "normal" looking people
16. Orite John, how much work have you done? how about you?
17. A lot of girls with mucky sweat pants on.
18. We got asked about Robin Thickes Blurred Lines song.
19. Reversing van sounded like it was dying
20. A lot of people sit down to smoke.
Opposite where we decided to sit
The groups of students that were walking round with each other all seemed to look similar and dress similar.
Right fashionable girl.
Couple seemed to walk in sync with each other too.
Lots of people on bikes.
Also lots of people drinking coffee
Weird looking house type building plonked in the middle of the campus.
Guy on tiny bike.
I also ended up going to Mcdonalds and The Victoria Quarter over the weekend, to compare too extremes of rich/poor shopping areas.
20 Written Questions -
1. Why do so many people come to Mcdonalds?
2. Why is Mcdonalds like a melting pot for so many types of people?
3. Whats the most popular thing from Mcdonalds?
4. How much profit does Mcdonalds make?#
5. How do they treat their workers?
6. How much do the employees get paid?
7. What's it like to work at Mcdonalds?
8. Do they employee's have any qualifications?
9. How much money do the higher end shops make in comparison to lower end ones?
10. Why are the expensive shops less busy than the cheap ones?
11. Why do these shops charge so much for their products?
12. Who would actually buy a £300 coat?
13. Why are people so bothered about labels?
14. Why do parents think its okay to feed their kids Mcdonalds all the time?
15. Why does everyone love Mcdonalds so much?
16. What is the average amount of time someone spends in Mcdonalds?
17. What is the average amount of time someone spends in a high end shop?
18. What is the average amount of money someone spends in Mcdonalds?
19. What is the average amount of money someone spends in a high end shop?
20. What is the most expensive item in one of these shops?
20 Written Observations
1. Large majority of people in Mcdonalds are young teens
2. 'Everyone just wears the same stuff don't you think?'
3 Lots of kids with parents.
4. Old people tend to get a coffee
5. Very busy rushed atmosphere
6. Feel sorry for the workers.
7. A very wide variety of people come in
8. Kids running round by themselves
9. People walking round looking confused trying to find a seat.
10. Lots of large, loud mums with prams
11. 'Do you think there's a big warehouse that just makes chicken nuggets?'
12. 'Why's there so much shit on the floor?'
13. Lots of people taking photos in shopping area
14. You can tell the difference between someone just passing through and someone who is shopping
15. A guy threw his hat in the air and picked a flower.
16. A distinct difference in atmosphere between here and Mcdonalds.
17. The security alarm kept going off.
18. Big issue guy stood at the entrance
19. Old guy asked me what I was doing
20. Very glitsy, the shops are quiet empty.
It was really really busy in Mcdonalds. Downstairs was even worse.
Some quite 'fashionable' people came in.
Some not so fashionable.
This employee started crying.
So sparkly and expensive
Who actually buys Louis Vuitton unless you're a millionaire
The hell is this.
Guy passing through.
I <3 SWAG
Bargain.
