Since the last blog entry the two mentoring sessions with Magali Avezou(archipelago), the peer mentoring group (book project group) and the site specific exhibition has happened.
The mentoring sessions with Magali which has started back in May has been very helpful in reviewing the works from the past two years produced at the residency and in structuring the residency exhibition in back in July.
In the very first session we discussed about the works I have produced so far in the residency and how might the exhibition and the publication would look like (no exhibition date was confirmed at this point..!) and in the second session, 2 weeks before the show, we’ve discussed the development of the ideas since the last meeting and how could the space and the works could make sense with each other.
The process of having the exhibition was very useful in reviewing the series of works I have been producing and consequently to start taking the actual first steps in printing the images from the glass negatives for the book project I am developing as part of the an professional development.
Going back a little bit, the peer mentoring sessions, the book project group began in May. James and Edward from Highchair Editions, Laura Braun from Paper Tigers Books and Lalu del Bracio whom her practice combines performance and book art have all kindly agreed to take part in this group.
The first meeting was an introductory meeting where we all presented the works to get to know each other’s practice.
What everybody had in common was the interest in making books which are not catalogues of a body of work but books as works in itself. Once again, I have to thank Magali very much (on top of everything else! ) in putting me in touch with James and Edward and guiding me through the process of setting up the group.
