Flatpack Exhibition

This week saw a group of 5 final year students taking part in a pop-up exhibition.

We took the name from idea of something being put together quickly, which was our intention for this exhibition, to put it up in one day, have an opening event, and take it down the next. Although it was a short lived thing, I did plan a fair bit before. This was definitely helpful when it came to installing as I knew more or less what I was going to do and in what order. Only a few details remained to be sorted out in the doing. This has been a most helpful experience in planning and deciding what to put where, not just for an installation piece but for a show with others.

We spent most of the day putting the exhibition together, but at a fairly leisurely pace, helping out each other in the hanging and making decisions.

 

The space at first appeared quite large but we had plenty work between all of us to be able to choose and edit as we went along. The hardest part was probably dealing with the cold - an unheated venue in winter is probably not the best choice to make! However, overall the installation turned out more or less how I expected and worked well in the space it was in. Perhaps some of the works we all showed did not work well together or communicate as well as they could have and its worth noting that the decision to show together was taken a few month ago and its a point to show how quickly focus can change.

 

Another busy two weeks ahead with essay redrafts and end of semester crits, and a lot of thinking to do with where to go now with this work.

 

Kms run this week: 25ish

Books on loan from the library: 15?