Today we booked out a room in the art school known as G01 to practice the setup of our exhibition as a compulsory part of Unit X. As a group however we all agreed that although half of G01 is the size of space we will be given at Federation House to set up our exhibition, it is not completely the same so it would be pointless to set up a mock exhibition today as it wont really give us an idea as a whole. Instead we laid out the work we had brought with us to get an idea of what peoples work is or is based around.

We also laid out our entry images for our collaborative publication. If people had not brought work, we suggested measuring out the average size of work. Considering the amount of work we had, I asked if I could include some stills from my 'Statue of David' video. It was a spare of the moment idea I had as I'd quite like that piece to be featured as I feel that it would be a shame to be shown as it had strong connections to appropriation.
Our tutor came along to our meeting and suggested alternative ideas of showing our exhibition that would mean it wasn't your average show. We sat and discussed these ideas, some suggested we set up the exhibition, take a photo, then just display the photo. Others suggested we laid all of the pieces upon the floor for the audience to walk around

 

Although these were innovative ideas, we all felt that considering the time we have left before the exhibition, we wont have enough time to organise and practice these suggested ideas. Towards the end of this meeting we came up with a list of things we needed to do before the exhibition. On Monday the 11th we will meet and produce the publication and labels to display next to our work.

 

Later on today I visited yet more 2nd year exhibitions.

 

The Road Not Taken

 

This exhibition was very useful to attend as it was at Federation House, the space we will be using next week. Federation House is an old office space so the ceilings were low, there were many pillars and the floor had been ripped up to reveal wooden flooring.

 

 

The girls who produced this exhibition had spread their work out, and used the space well in my opinion. The work was based upon a poem by Robert Frost, which suggests ideas of process, journey, doubt and memory.

After visiting the exhibition I began to panic as I realised we would not receive as much space as the artists here had been given, as there are 6 groups in our Unit X project to fit into half of the room. I notified my group via our Facebook page and we agreed that we would meet up everyday before opening night next week.