Because Mitch and I live far apart (I’m at Nowra, he’s at Jambaroo) and neither of us drive, we had to rely on communicating via Facebook and over the phone to be able to collab. So we thought it would be easiest to assign each other roles and then go ahead and do our work seperately. I focused on the book and the installation, while Mitch did the photos and the artefacts as evidence. We met up at the uni one day and showed each other our progress, and gave each other pointers. It allowed us to have the creative freedom that we both needed, but also included elements from both of us.
We both agreed on what monsters we wanted to study and started researching. We picked some stereotypical creatures like vampires, werewolves and zombies; some of the more sinister legends like harpies, succubi/incubi and the bogeyman; we also picked some popular monsters in the media, including Slenderman and the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who. We ended up with fifteen monsters. We studied each one thoroughly and compared different myths and legends to compile an archive, which we split into four sections – Description, Whereabouts, Signs of Presence and Killing Methods. This information would then go into the book, and would also help Mitch with making believable evidence.
Olivia's World of Creation 