Studio update…offer of a damp one in a scenic stableyard with other studios. Currently occupied by a sculptor, so slight damp not a problem for them.
I am now looking into some of the London group studios. On the plus side it would bring me into the London art scene and reinvigorate my practice and give me new contacts. On the downside I am very unsure how I feel about driving over half an hour away to get to a studio.[ Mine was ten minutes down the road]
Will I use it or surreptitiously start working on things at home and using the studio as a store room- which is what happened in the winter with the previous one.
I have a feeling it would depend on the community in the new space. Some studios have huge amounts of artists and no contact point.
Meanwhile planning for our Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum exhibition moves forward slowly. It is planned that it should have the ethos and the look of a pop up shop. Visitors will be invited to bring a new unwanted gift and leave it on a trestle table having written out a card explaining why it was unsatisfactory…in return they may take something else from the table having written a card telling us why they chose it.
As each gift is donated it will be photographed and the image together with the donaters and takers cards will be displayed on the wall.
A video of the SVAF members talking to camera about gift giving will play on the wall. A gift wrapping service will be provided.
Talking about gift giving in meetings has thrown up some real rants.. I am just hoping we can capture the passion on camera.
Too many presents, vouchers, reciept or no receipt? The hurt when people who should know better get it very wrong. Equality of the gift, how much is too much to spend? Getting a gift that someone has obviously not wanted themselves..re-gifting,giving money…………
I know from my Collection Plate Project to expect the unexpected where exchange is involved.
It will be very interesting to see how the public view the exhibition and if they get on board.
We must be in the Zeitgeist though…Jerwood ‘s exhibition ‘Now I Gotta Reason’ says ‘the exhibition content and events programme will build and develop over the course of the exhibition, exploring the activity and economy of exhibition making and systems of use value and exchange..’
Lot of it going on….
