So today I set up my work at the Kaleidoscope Gallery in Sevenoaks – There are a few of us blogging on here who have work in Exhibition [beta]. For me it is exciting as its the first time I’ve had work accepted by open submission – and the proposal, though very short, was one of the clearest I’ve ever written. There has to be a connection in there somewhere.
Note to self: remember to take camera next time. This is a rather blurry image taken with my mobile phone camera.
I managed also to finish my short videos – 7 in all, rather than 6. It took me ages but it has been interesting to try and make the process of evaluation and recording an event a creative one.
Much of today has been spent struggling with Final Cut Pro even though the task is relatively simple: cut down a two-hour conference into 6 2-minute videos using stills and sound. I’ve completed 3; 3 more to go.
I haven’t blogged for a while so here goes. This blog will be about the work I do as an artist and about what constitutes an artist’s everyday, from my subjective viewpoint but which hopefully will resonate with a few readers out there.
To kick off, here are some notes about today:
Morning: knitting a few rows and completing a pennant of woolly bunting as part of DAD’s Bunting Forever project http://www.dadonline.eu/node/332
Afternoon: Went to the opening of Mike Marshall’s New Works at Stour Valley Arts, Ashford. Did lots of talking.
Really liked the work – the in focus, out of focus play, the use of sound, and the way the artist reminds the viewer of his presence; also the way the work seemed to be about holding an object up for attention and the way our attention is held.
Late afternoon: stuck behind the computer doing non-art work
