I’m going to be giving an artist talk at my exhibition tomorrow, Saturday 26 July at the Brindley in Runcorn, Cheshire at 1pm. There’ll be refreshments, nibbles and if the comments board is anything to go by, some healthy discussion on contemporary art too.
The Brindley has a comment card wall for each of it’s exhibitions and it’s always interesting to see how varied the responses to an exhibition, something that I think is a great thing. I’d hate it if everybody loved everything, and the same goes for my work. There’s been a few comments on there about how my work is different to what is usually on show, and a few about the link between the (limited) text that accompanies the work and the work itself. All of the comments, positive and negative are useful to help me see how the work comes across to an audience and help me to consider how I create work in future. I’m looking forward to meeting some of that audience in person tomorrow and sharing our different interpretations of the work.
If you’re in the area, I’d love it if you could come and say hello.
The Brindley, High Street, Runcorn, WA7 1BGArtist Talk, 1pm Saturday 26 July 2014
My last post, before a-n went offline for it’s shiny new update, had me in the midst of things coming together for the exhibition, juggling jobs that needed doing and feeling like there wasn’t enough time to work on content. Well, that continued until about two days before the opening of the show. Anyone who offered to help was roped in, although there were big parts of making the work that no one could help me with – namely an 8 foot diameter 1500 frame stop motion animation and the creation of nine different layouts for animations to sit in the top of the plinths.
But, as always happens, it all got done in time. With a generous helping of stress and a sprinkling of tears. I’m pleased with how it’s all come together and how it looks in the gallery. There’s things i’d have done differently with more time, but maybe the outcome wouldn’t be much different. And there’s definitely more works to follow on from the pieces in the show too, so that’s exciting.
I’m going to write some blogs over the coming weeks of the show that look at the works and the process of getting them to realisation in a bit more depth, part of that will be to profile the other professionals who have worked with me as I feel they deserve some more recognition.
In the meantime, if you’re in the North West come and see the show, especially if you’re enroute to Liverpool Biennial. Get off the train a stop early at Runcorn, take a 5 minute walk along the Bridgewater Canal and visit the show at The Brindley – I highly recommend their HUGE scones (with jam and cream obviously).
