I can feel this phase of Festial drawing to a close, as I sort out the remaining photographs I want to post here, and with the website more-or-less fully updated.
There's still a lot I'd like to do with the project, but it's hard to make decisions on the best way forward when you have to make every tiny thing happen yourself. The issue of the outstanding ACE funding is still a concern, but I think that further attempts to secure a higher-profile exhibition may have to take a back seat for a while. I'm going to email a few more galleries, looking a bit further afield than previously, and then let things rest. I was reading Alex Pearl's blog recently, in which he said that he believes there's only one gallery in Norwich – Outpost – and that's about right!
Looking back, though, I certainly don't regret getting involved in the project and I know I've learned a huge amount and maybe other people have been interested too. At the same time, Trevor is under great pressure with the paid work and it's clear that I should be helping him. Goodness knows he's helped me out enough!
Before that, though, I'll be working on another application today, for another opportunity where the Festial photographs will be needed to support the submission. But if I happened to be successful the actual commission would require me to make completely new work, which is an exciting thought now.
