Recently I’ve been using the internet to network: FaceBook and Twitter. Even though I’m living up a mountain in the middle of nowhere it is easy to be in contact with galleries, curators and fellow artists.
I’ve had a FaceBook account since the beginning, but just for friends – now I have a profile for my work. It is linked to Twitter, as is this blog. It has been an interesting experiment to see how the hits to my website have increased: up by 546 %.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jonathan-Moss-Art/26…
I am now making sure that I regularly post new events on my Axis pages as well.
http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11547
Haven’t things changed in the last ten years or so? Not that long ago I remember being limited to the opportunities pages in the AN magazine, then sending out slides to the few galleries who advertised. Just in the previous few months I’ve noticed galleries and festivals prefer applications by a web link or image upload – it is so much more straightforward, time-efficient and ecological.
I have a lot of things going on and coming up and mostly thanks to AN. What started as a once-a-month read has become a community of artists, galleries and the AN team. Gillian Nicol and Andrew Bryant regularly interact with AN members on Artists’ Talking and on the forum, it seems as if barriers have disappeared and even an artist living outside London, in isolation, can work in a supportive environment.
Oblong Gallery daily screening:
http://www.oblonggallery.com/#/current/
Ottica TV screening by contemporary art movie makers projected onto the south facing side of the building at the junction of Wellesley Street and Walpole Road in central Croydon:
http://www.ottica-tv.com/high5/
Ottica TV annual screening:
http://www.ottica-tv.com/ottica2010/index.html
Video Screening with Bleach Box:
http://www.firestationartscentre.com/index.php?vie…
http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11547
