A Selection Process:
We are launching ourselves into organising the Landscape Show, amongst other events. The response to our open call out for submissions was fantastic, but it did result in many, many hours of selection proces. We applied an initial or pre-selection filter and scoring system, in order to get the numbers down to a manageable size for our two guest selectors, Eliza Gluckman and Paul Fieldsen-Danks. Otherwise, it really would have been taking unacceptable advantage of their time.
Their selection resulted in a core of artists that they both agreed on and several that they did not! The QH then completed the selection process by debating for more hours the merits or not of these artists, in order to get the final list. Further discussion followed as to which work from each artist and how they may or may not fit together, also considerations of size, media, type etc. We ended up with a hot list of artworks and several queries and negotiations to contend with.
The Belling was dragged out to keep coffee and croissants warm to fortify us, but we somehow managed to steam the croissants and then stick them to the hotplate.
So, here I am as the sun is tipping up over the rooftop opposite, thinking about organisation and spreadsheets and exhibition administration tasks.
