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A good point to start would be the interim show/assessment we had last week. It is generally the case that for our past assessments, tutorials and group critiques we set up the work in either our cleared-out studio spaces or the postgraduate room. For our final group critique and interim assessment we went off site and set up the work in an artist-led space near the university. It was a challenge to test the work in a different setting and I soon realised how much of a comfort zone my studio space had been! It’s is a lot easier to set up in place you have working within for the last two-years, it’s a space you have been constantly testing out methods of display etc. It is also like a Mechano set and with the large white boards you can create the near perfect space you require.

Off site we were in unfamiliar territory, in a space which would not necessarily accommodate everything we hoped to achieve in terms of display. For my work the approach I take to the display is a continuation of the work itself and the finer details are so important. So when it came to setting up the work it was very time consuming, hard work and a huge learning curve! I had to make several compromises in how much I put out as I am quite a prolific maker but I found that this enabled me to edit the work down. Also in the amount of space I gave each work and which works could go on the one area of wall space I had to work with.

Overall I found it a very enriching experience despite the teething problems at first. Eventually it came together rather well and has given me further thoughts on how to edit and refine my work even further.


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Welcome!

I start this blog with all the best interests at heart. I hope to be able to take you along the journey as we progress to the end of our MA show in mid-July. However, in the following few weeks I suspect my workload will get mighty big! Also, I should mention I have three children from aged 4 to 15! Here goes anyway, if you don’t hear anything from me for a short while then you know the workload has increased!

From the start of the MA Contemporary Art Practice programme I was challenged and motivated to further develop as an arts practitioner and researcher. The critical dialogue through the tutorials, seminars, artists talks, group critiques, tutor feedback and range of modules, all enabled me to be more questioning, and to delve deeper into my practice and I have grown immensely as an artist since I joined the programme. I have received increasing numbers of invites to exhibit my work and I have contributed papers to two national conferences, in which I made great contacts to establish arts/science collaborations for future work. Such opportunities were made possible by the relevant research methodologies and approaches introduced on the programme and the two-year structure was essential in enabling that development and growth. I will be leaving the MA well prepared for independent research within a much more confident, critically aware and engaged studio practice.

I look forward to sharing at least my thoughts and images of the work and hopefully some of you will be able to attend the show in July at Plymouth University?


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