The last week or so has seen me planning out my new piece of work for the Hijack! exhibition. The new work is still based around the idea of an inverted tower, with the top of the tower smashing into the ground as it enters ‘our space’. Planning this thing has all been through drawings in my sketchbook and by building small models out of card and matchsticks. The actual making of the piece has been split into two stages. Working outdoors I have precut all the sections of the tower, so that it should hopefully be assembled in sections. In theory, this should go smoothly. It’s been a different way of working, having relied solely on drawings and small models and then my measurements and maths skills. I haven’t actually seen the built work yet, so tomorrow afternoon should be interesting. The tower is currently in two flat packed bundles awaiting transport to the space tomorrow.
This is a different way of me making this kind of work. As I made the previous towers, I was in the space and had the luxury of weeks to play around, alter and add bits. It wasn’t a very efficient way of working, it was all very hapzard and the towers took on a life of their own as the evolved over the Summer. It feels more clinical working everything out on paper first but hopefully I’ll find a more happy medium in the future, but this more planned route is definately (and obviously in hindsight) the way forward. The proposals that I have recently been writing have been put together with this mode of working in mind. This hopefully allows me to continue to make large work in a more manageable way.
