8 Oct. – It has been a strange and strained week. On the one hand still looking back and dealing with the repercussions from St.Omer and feeling a distinct lack of sangfroid – and on the other trying to look forward and plan the Dover exhibition which seems to be looming.
The whole issue of mediation is proving to be quite tricky. I have worked with many exhibitions from an interpretation and mediation angle and now realise being the mediated one is no picnic ! (had once imagined it might be quite thrilling – but now think being long dead is prob the only way !) The difficulties encountered in France, whilst instructive are quite challenging because the expected levels of engagement with the public seem so critical. It is also hard to reconcile my own concerns about making work which resonates with the site and the ideas inherent in Résider/Reside and the concerns of Espace 36 to engage with the public – which they have found difficult because the work is not immediately visible . . . all in all a difficult and sometimes uncomfortable situation.
