After much too ing and fro ing I have decided to create an exhibition in a box.Thoughts have changed and had to be adapted many times during the course of my FMP,in fact during the whole MA. I think this ability to do so is a good and positive thing. With a end goal I like the idea that projects take on an organic form and are not rigid in their formation.
A real world exhibition was my plan,with a tradional publication such as a book or zine,the space is not a traditional gallery space but one within the club I have been working with mostly,in fact as part of the action I used to engage with the club I have been converting a disused room within to a gallery/workshop space which we hope future artists will use and so that we can become part of the local arts trail event.
Circumstances have forced a new way of thinking which in my mind is actually preferable and more in keeping than the original idea.
I am collaborating with Wayne Ford,who is a creative director,graphic designer and writer on photography.He has kindly agreed to help realise an idea to create an exhibition in a box,first brought to my attention via Photoworks who in similar circumstances created a festival in a box.
Similar to their one I will be producing a branded box with instructions that will be sent to various Working mens clubs including the one I have been working with. Within it will be a newspaper that opens up into prints,a dozen or so more precious/traditional Giclee prints some beer mats that double up as title tags,some pins/string or blu tac.
My intention is to send them out and ask for feed back.I’d like the recipients to show the work any way they like. Either by taking the time to put the work on the walls of the venues in anyway they see fit or to pass the work around,maybe leave it on the bar for everyone to take a look.I’m hoping the beer mats will become suitably stained with beer rings.
I intend to produce enough sets to also send to potential interested parties such as publications,competitions as well as Art buyers and picture editors I know within my commercial practice. In doing so I hope that some will be happy to put the work on the walls of their agencies as is often the case as temporary exhibitions.
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