The Home Stretch (or grasping at something)
The MFA Thesis show installation begins in 9 days. Suddenly the studios are a hive of activity. Across the way my neighbour Ivan is putting the finishing touches to his sculptural works and I can hear Su relaxing with friends before she starts work. For me it’s a case of making sure i’m getting enough sleep so that the time I have can be used to my full advantage.
To The Next – I’m making shelving for the sound installation I’m planning and testing the distnce between the two speakers I’m working with. So far 90cm apart seems like the best placement to hear the pan L and R of two voices.
When I Close My Eyes I Can Still See Your Face – Another piece is being finished showing compoitions of staring contests. My intention is to have a double screen installation each with one face on it and sound of breathing, laughing, quite room tone nad movement. I’m not too sure if I will include this piece yet.
I’m finding it difficult to narrow down what video pieces to include – in an ideal world my adviser Tirtza would want me to include everything. So… perhaps it will be a bit clearer when I meet Matt who I am sharing my exhibition space with. We’ll have to see I suppose.
