The Frequency Festival starts on the 18th October and that’s when my film will be shown in the Usher Gallery of The Collection, Lincoln. I’m really looking forward to seeing it at last in the gallery. It’s on until the 30th November, so I hope a few people will get to see it. Lincoln is a great place for a day out.
I shall be there next Saturday to see Chris Watson, Hildur Gudnadottir and Anna Von Hauswolff at Lincoln Cathedral. The last time I saw Anna Von Hauswolff she was eating a massive English breakfast in a cafe in Halifax. We’d seen her performing the night before in Halifax Minster and she is good. It’s nice to see so many churches, chapels and cathedrals used for visual art and music.
I’ll also be back in Lincoln on the 23rd October at 2pm, to give a talk about making Place Setting. Dawn Heywood will also be talking about the Charles Norman Collection.
In the meantime the curation of Socket at Deda in Derby has begun. It’s my job to fit about 60 pieces of art into the space. Plan A had to be re-thought as it involved drilling too many holes in one wall. Having fallen out with that wall, I’m on Plan B. When I visit the space on Monday it may be Plan C. It’s the first time Socket have all worked towards the same theme, which is ‘Stream’. Time will tell if this is a successful way for us to work together but I can say that everyone has shown great enthusiasm by giving me so much work. The plan on paper is scaled down drawings of the walls with small prints of art stuck on them. The plan in my head is of each artist standing proudly by their wall. This seems to have turned into a giant merry-go-round as I change my mind about the best place for each artists work. The end is in sight though and it will all be installed by the 29th October.
