My work surface now resembles the fly tippers paradise I recently reported to the local council (which they did nothing about BTW) Switching from my Liberator/ Memorial installation that I’m making for the NY exhibition, to paper boots for the Barnaby festival then to updating website and facebook pages for SCI, as artists contact me about their work in the exhibition, has made a very chaotic weekend.
Prioritising, Barnaby needed shots of the boots for their website, so I had to get that out of the way. It wasn’t that I hadn’t already done the work for the festival, it was just that I was unhappy with it so had to start again. I suppose it sounds crazy really that I turned down a gallery space (long story … but mentioned in my blog a few months ago….) for a shop front, but having a really long think about what I want from my work, it was important to me that I was happy with the space and I knew that my work was going to be seen.
Having so much experience with empty shops now, I know there is a HUGE difference in how the public perceive and interact with the work, away from gallery spaces.
So although the Barnaby installation is far from finished, there is enough to satisfy the photo shot and I can move on.
I had so much on my ‘to do’ list this weekend, I really didn’t want to spend time out visiting an artists’ pop up shop in town. It wasn’t just an exhibition, it was showing support for our local gallery – The Williamson, which is facing severe funding cuts. Volunteers have set up a pop up shop, to try to generate interest in the gallery from the public. It’s a great idea, but I just wish the gallery were seen to be doing things too and not relying so heavily on these supporters. But anyway, I showed my support, had a chat with some people, and then went back to my work.
We’ve set a deadline of 7 March from ‘the postcard’ artists involved in our exhibition, so work ( and emails!) are coming in and have to be dealt with. Just a month to our PV now and even less time till the set up begins :/
Back to it then!
SCI: http://sciartistprojects.wordpress.com/
