"A man with a van and a passion for Dracula," was one of the suggestions floated for getting Sarah and David's work to Transylvania. Just one of the conversations we had whilst setting up for Sarah's PV on Friday night. Not a huge turn-out … but we had timed it with the preview of the student postcard show in Derby. However, there were some unexpected guests which is always a nice surprise.
I was really pleased when 3 people wandered into the studios on Saturday for Sarah's talk (about the processes and ideas behind her paintings). One of them pulled out a press-cutting from the local paper, the result of my press-release… though I hadn't realised it had been printed. More people arrived including an artist from London who was v impressed by the set-up and the informal talks. All v satisfying.
Despite a few technical hitches Sarah managed to deliver a really interesting talk. She had competition at one stage because, even though Andy's lace machines were silent, he tuned into radio 2 half-way through the discussion.
We were debating whether it would be good to combine the talk and the PV together. Or maybe spread the events out a bit more?
The Standing Room residency is all v exciting and apparently artists are turning up next week to film. There is much interest in my cupboard.
