Yesterday we took down Hatch[ED]. Before we took it down I gave a personal tour to Fion Gunn who is curator of City and the City at APT currently:
http://www.aptstudios.org/gallery/
The great thing about having a studio in Creekside is that you are in such a close vicinity to other artist spaces. This makes it easier to network and promote gallery spaces.
Before we took the show down we had a meeting about what else we could do later in the year including Deptford X. Some ideas we thrown around including an exhibition of trophies (already being done), a VJ night put together by ex-studio member and DJ Alex Tuckwood and a giant podium in the central space with a build in cine projector for people to climb up and use. Oh and an exhibition where the works are different periscopes and visitors use them to look into other people’s studio spaces.
I also talked briefly about connections between myself and Liverpool. We event thought of bussing it up to the Biennale later this year together! That would be fun. When someone in the studio does a residency and gains contacts for another art scene, another environment with its own community of artists, why not use those connections to open up new spaces and possibities for others?
Before I went away I had an interview with the wonderful Cat Harrison at Artsadmin about my performance practice. Seeing as performance is different to disciplines with say, more material outcomes, I have been asking myself how do I navigate the art scene as a performance artist? How does it differ? How do I apply for funding and what does the difference in the permanence of work mean for competitions and applications? Mentorship is the answer to help me we decided. I have sent an email to my mentor of choice and I await a reply. I am looking forward to my future.
