"The continual pulse. The extending arm of confluence, merging, pacing, staring into rhythms, tempo, structure and time, you are lost. Engage. Trust. In cyclic rhythm we extend the space between us. Bridge the field. Find your footing, get a grasp but make sure you let go; I'm out there somewhere if you look."...small piece of writing handed aorund with the exhibition layout.
Finally finished my first group exhibition!
I found the whole experience of working with a group of people very exciting, interesting and challenging. At first we all foudn it difficult to funnel all of our conversations into a specific/concrete concept for the show, but after numerous meetings we decided we need to take some action and set out to find inspiration. We all found that we had a connection to the city centre/universtiy life so we kept this exhibition local, tieing together, Symonds st, K rd, and Queen st. Our plan of action was to find something from this local area that we found interesting/ intriguing/ part of our perosnal relationship to the area...this could be an object (found or bought), a smell, a colour, a word, a photo/documentation, a sound etc.
After eachb bringing back our "thing," we collectively selected 3 of them which we found the strongest link between and based our exhibition around these items...
At first I found it quite difficult to relate to these objects in relation to my works, but through thinking about my studio work and reflecting on my preactice and the way I go about making work, I found myself exploring the town for materials, colours, patterns, and shapes.
Words I think of in relation to our exhibition:
pulse, rhythm, flow, speed, energy, poetic, movement, awarness, experience, exposure, engagement, subtlty, presence/absence, elegance, colour..etc
Progress photos:
I was really happy with my final installation.
I am glad that I decided to make the large work, for both impact and to act as a main focus in the space, a point of intensity compared to the delicate dispersal of works on the floor. I liked the contrast betweent the permanence and colour of the wool circles on the wall, compared to the delicacy of the temporary pieces disperced across the floor.
The intensity of my coloured circles relates to the lively, vibrant lights and little elements of colour found in town, during the day and night. I am also satisfied with how the viewer moved around the space and were often too focused on the bold circles to notice the easily destroyed circles on the floor made from a scarf form one of town's op shops. their dull colours and soft presence meant that they often wen by unnoticed, until omeone accidently trampled one or knocked it with their shoe. I enjoyed watching the viewer notice their impact on the work..sometimes feeling bad for knocking them out of place..but that was all part of it for me. I wanted to activate both the floor and the wall experiment with the level of awarness that viewer's would have in the space, relating to how aware people are in town with so much going on, it's easy to miss something less eye catching or interesting....
Overall I thought our exhibition was very interesting and came together well, now I can talk to the lecturers and discuss what they thought was/wasn't successful, and how we could ahve exectured it better.
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