I have just found out that my proposal has been accepted for one of the "Rules of Game" exhibitions at Surface Gallery, Mansfield Road, Nottingham. It is titled "Double Take" and will be on 15th-19th May 2007.
I feel pretty excited yet scared as it is so close to the degree show, although I feel that it will be a good chance to prepare for it and hopefully straighten out any problems.
Today I talked with the curator at 1pm and we have sorted out where I will be showing/performing and talked through the work of others within the exhibition. I think it should be good. It’s all about perception and possibilities of things not being quite as they seem. I feel that mine should fit in with this.
I am currently worrying slightly about finding the perfect desk and making sure that I can hire out a projector from the stores at uni, and also that it will not overheat, and that I can find a really cheap laptop to buy(all i need is notepad on it) so that I can leave it on the gallery, without too much worry.
But they seemed enthusiastic about my piece. I will start just before the opening begins, and then continue for the first hour, and then finish and hopefully enjoy the rest of the opening night with a couple of glasses of red wine!(fingers crossed I wont need them too much by them).
I think the most worrying part, is that people I know will be there..and what I write about can be quite personal and intimate, and although they should be questioning whether it is real or not…Im not sure I want acquaintances to know me quite that well!! it’s so much easier with strangers!!
Especially with a particular person who is also exhibiting…I am unsure whether that means that I wont be able to write about certain things, or whether it will just mean that it will be more powerful?
I dont know…I suppose I shall just have to wait and see!
