I have been keeping my eyes peeled for any interesting artist opportunities although I am finding it difficult to find the right projects for my work. This does bring me back to the idea that I need to be creating more or my own opportunities although I am finding this difficult with working more hours in the shop. Michael Mayhew is curating and facilitating a fascinating live art project called In Remembrance, 11 11 11, @ Platt Chapel, 168 Wilmslow Road, Manchester which has different parts to the work which starts with a marathon of performances over a period of eleven hours. The second part of the project is a call out to artists who want to document the event in some way. Finally this documentation will be re-used as a second piece of work in the form of an art installation. Clever really, bringing different artists and skills together which will continue the making process to create multiple pieces. I have applied for the documentation part of the project, proposing to blog throughout the eleven-hour event. Fingers crossed for this one. If you are interested in applying or want further information about this event follow this link:
http://www.inremembrance.org.uk/
Tonight I have been working at the arts centre and I do find it funny the random things I see around the place. We have a lot of stuff just piled and stacked, sometimes with a partial screen placed in front of it to try and disguise the mess. I intend to take photographs of these piles of stuff every time I do a shift. There was a show on this evening a performance called ‘The Great Gatsby’ and for some reason we had to have this notice up. I just think it’s silly letting people know in advance what’s going to happen in the performance, before the audience has actually seen it.
