Sunday 26th June 2011
I have been a little under the weather again today, but I have been pushing on as I have asked to start installing the show tomorrow, as I do not want to leave it until the last minute. We also have been rushing through the publicity poster. I wish that I had asked about this earlier, as YanYan mentioned it before but then has been away at training at the University, and the usual assistant who does it is not available, and we do not have Photoshop. Anyway, although the layout is not fantastic it does the job – I know I will be pushier the next time! The posters are all over the area, and the exhibition stays up while I am travelling with Dave so it is on for a good while. I will need to transport the works back to the UK for the exhibition at Goldsmiths in September. I will obviously not be able to transfer the graffiti and installation, but I can present photographs, and I have had an idea of a three dimensional model/installation that I can do in its place. The problem with the CHRC is that nothing can be attached to the walls, only hung from their hanging system. I have a good amount of time to think about this though.
I completed all of the maps that I wanted to do. There was one more drawing on architectural paper of HuangJePing Street, and then another world map that has images of both China and UK on each side of the globe. I like the aesthetic of this map, but I think it would have been effective to be larger. Again, I could develop more work for the exhibition in September, I do not think that is cheating.
I decided in the end to install the drawings and prints on clips instead of in a frame. Although framing is cheap, I decided that I did not want this formal aesthetic for the work, and again I would not be able to transport to the UK (and it was not in the original budget).
