“oh i don’t reflect that often actually”
i’ve been out and about since my last post. meetings in pub, coffee shop, dining table and gallery. it’s good to talk.
the gallery was site in Sheffield. their artist proposes study day(1) was a perfect chance to do some research for one of the up coming opportunities. the day was about hearing from and talking to the artists of the five upcoming platform residencies. platform proposes that the residency happens in the gallery and as such the visitors to the gallery become part of the process through active dialogue with the artist in residence. it was interesting to note the range of ideas about how to do this.
all the artists in platform were interesting to listen and talk to. it’s difficult to pick a favourite, however some days on from the event the one who made the most impression of all the impressions was florain roithmayr. he spoke softly and knowledgeably. what he said was convincing and thought provoking. it’s made me realize it’s not very often one get’s to hear an artist speak, in context of who speaks in public. in what he said were things that connected to thinking that i have made and has added new words to those thoughts. is this how education works?
during the drinks reception at site i spoke with the chap i’d been in the group with for the afternoon. having been passive all day i enjoyed talking. i enjoyed learning about him and work that he’d made. his name is andy ingamells and i like what he does(2) .
in this last week i’ve connected a little more to the value of my ideas. this has been made possible by conversations via email on the periphery of the main objective. i have much more a sense of the value of the artistic vision(s) that i have. the feeling is empowering and enlightening.
meditatively i see the vision as the most important thing. this came across within the platform discussions.
(1) http://www.sitegallery.org/archives/6697
