So this is my first post in Tether's Project Blog.
There is a lot going on with our organisation at the moment, and it's hard to know where to start.
Currently we are working towards our first season of Arts Council funded exhibitions and events. We have designed a Spring/Summer season brochure, which will advertise our projects between March and June.
It always seems to be the case with printing jobs, but a couple of days after approving the proof of our design we noticed an error in the contact details, which means, that when they arrive, we are going to have to stick stickers with the correct details on 5000 brochures. Damn.
We had a private view last week for Debra Swann's residency-exhibition in our gallery the Wasp Room. The gallery and bar space were absolutely packed the whole evening, and we served real ale and pancakes. We have had good feedback since, both on the exhibition and the refreshments, which perhaps unfortunately means we have set ourselves a standard to beat for the next show. Maybe we will have to serve home-made Beef Stroganoff served from fine china and courvoisier from crystal glasses. We may even need semi-nude slaves on rollerblades.
As well as our first season impending and our current show going strong, we have curated a series of videos to be shown at Broadway, one of Europe's leading independent cinemas (http://www.broadway.org.uk), as part of 'Digital Broadway', with work shown on small digital screens and projected in their cafe bar within the building, and a large dual projection on the glass facade of the cinema, featuring work by Tether artists Liam Aitken and Chie Hosaka, as well as videos by Anthony Peskine, James Brown (no not that one) and Joseph Mann. The screens and projections come on tonight for the first time. I'm probably going to see 'The Class' tonight with some friends, so if all's well with the video formats….. Fingers crossed.
Apparently I wrote too much in my first post so I have had to divide it in two. The next post follows on to finish this entry.
