These are some plans I drew out for my degree show space. I should have really done them in pen as they are a bit difficult to see but hopefully you get the idea.
I felt the best way to do this was literally to experiment with the arrangement of my various pieces. The included pieces I will be showing are:
My projection (either on the wall on dress, still to be decided)
My mannequin with the fully covered make-up wipes
My mannequin with the dress used in my film piece
The cabinet containing the uniformed rows of my contact lens cases
My hairy chair
My boards of daily collections
the shelf containing the 3 folders of collections
I chose these pieces as I feel they are the ones which represent me as a person through this auto-biographical collecting. I intend the space to portray myself through my collections, such as my hair and make-up wipes. The majority of my pieces are quite abject in a subtle way, so it may take the viewer a few minutes to register what my work is in fact made out of, which I really think could work well. The projection I hope portrays to the viewer how uncomfortable I am at the thought of them seeing me removing my mask. The contact lenses represent the repetitiveness of daily routine in a set order through what I follow. everything else represents daily routine, receptiveness, the abject and of course myself.
I drew out a birds eye view and experimented with the placement of each piece. I didn’t want to over crowd one area and leave another sparse, nor did I want to just shove everything together, not taking into consideration how the viewer moves around in my space. I thought it best not to place anything in the middle of the room in case something disgusts the viewer and have them jump back and knock into things.
From a few various arrangements I came to the conclusion that for my daily boards to be most effective they really needed to be on a wall by themselves to give the strongest effect. I am most in favour of plan 4 at the moment as I feel the arrangement works well with each wall. I am not sure if the chair and folder are too overcrowded in the corner though. But until I try this out with the actual pieces I will not know for sure. So that will be my next step.
