do I have to live feeling disappointed?
a quick check of the dictionary, there’s a time element to the word disappointed, either being stopped in doing something or something that has been done not being as it could be in the view of the person who has done the something.
today I’m the second version. today I’ve been to the building in derby that is ‘…a gallery, cinema, cafe bar and workshop that anyone can use. it opened on friday 26th september 2008. we provide facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation. ‘ (taken from the website of the building.)
today i’ve been to this building to try and see a piece of my work included in a season of work displayed on the ‘digital screens.’
today i’ve again left the building disappointed. the season having not begun on the day originally advertised, today i’ve left the building after being disappointed by no curatorial information about the season on display and further disappointment that the exhibition information is still that of the previous exhibition. it hardly seems worth mentioning i’ve not seen my work yet, it was that disappointing.
i feel I have to share my experience, as all of us in our final year of undergraduate study will be working towards having work shown in buildings in a public sphere. why should we be disappointed by people running the buildings?
mairi mentions what it’s like in to be in glasgow right now. feeling you’ve not been taught and not having enough staff time and support is just like the experience at derby. it’s disappointing. i would really like to know why winchester school of art, part of southampton university, claims to have the most satisfied art students. what are they doing that everywhere else is not.
mairi, maybe the students are not lazy around you in not doing anything about it, i would go far as to say it’s about you not knowing where to and who to complain about as there is clearly a problem finding someone who cares. if those in control cared about you and the building, you wouldn’t be faced with this vicious circle. at least the experience of those in control not caring is being instilled in you at art college, so it will not be so much of a disappointment when you get outside that system.
am i a mutation, am i the only odd one out, not being happy with the way things are. evolution partially works by copying. If there are no mutations, the copying just keeps going on, unchallenged.
i don’t have to live feeling disappointed; i can do something for myself to address the imbalance of disappointment.
