We’ve spent the last couple of weeks planning our exhibition which will be held next month in Liverpool.
It took ages to decide a title even though we have a common theme of using memory or links to the past in all of our works. Many titles were discussed, even more thrown out for being too political or just downright off putting.
Its important to get something simple, that defines all of our different styles of work but is not pretentious.
So ‘Reshaping the past’ it is.
The exhibition statement was an interesting experience…. two of us – Catherine Harrison and I, have exhibited together on many occasions – most recently when I took her work to Athens for Platforms Project. Maybe for this reason, we’ve become a bit jaded over exhibitions. We’ve put in so much effort in the past but really, the only people who show any interest are family and friends.
So I put absolutely no effort into the press release – what’s the point ?
At this stage artist No 3 – Sufea Mohamad Noor stepped in. Oh my God – she’s like a human tornado ! Much younger than me, is a whizz at spreadsheets and dynamic in her approach. Was I like that when I was younger? Is that why I achieved so much then and gone quieter over the years? Did I just give up as it was too hard?
‘Think like a man’ she kept saying when we put a (very) brief bio together. List EVERY achievement., no matter how small. State where you studied…… what are your aims in your work?
I felt so uncomfortable with all that. We just don’t shout about what we’ve done.
Invite curators to the exhibition ?? WHAT? Never bothered doing that. What’s the point?
I’m just so shell shocked.
I’m going to roll out the press releases in the next few days , while hiding behind a cushion cringing at being so forward.
