Beginnings…
We’ve had a few meetings already, but for me, it feels like this project is only just starting. I’ve never been too good at, as my dad calls it, “walking whilst chewing gum”; I’ve had a few other projects on the go up till this point, so the project has been quietly mulling in the background.
Perhaps its best to start by giving a bit more detail as to the project…
As one of this years artists for the 60|40 Starting Point Series I have been asked to respond to the Siobhan Davies Studios building and to its activities. The first visit to the building proved to be, thankfully, quite conclusive for me: Although there are some really lovely aspects to the building, the place which caught my attention was the office. -My MA work centred around this theme, and it would appear, I haven’t got it out of my system yet.
As you enter Siobhan Davies Studios, the office is a large glass fronted room to the right that stretches the length of the atrium. There seems instantly something unusual here; offices are usually kept neatly out of sight, yet here, glass fronted and framed, this office is offered as a space to be actively viewed. Intriguingly, the rehearsal spaces, where the dancing goes on, are conversely much less visible to the visitor; they are tucked away behind doors that restrict viewing to slivers of the action.
