Around the point of Winter break we met with Joey Simons and Keira McLean to discuss their involvement in the exhibition. This conversation was a large part of sensing the direction this would take. Joey Simons and Keira McLean both had considerable background knowledge working on this topic and brought new perspectives to this conversation. We already had an idea of how they would be involved in the exhibition and the components we wanted to commission, but their input in this conversation greatly influenced the way that it came about. For example, we had been picturing a zine to go along with the exhibit, this conversation used their expertise and experience to shift it to act as a workbook. This feedback shaped the way we proceeded with the project and the context in which all of the works would be shown. The context in which these different artists and their works would be shown would influence the way they would be interpreted by the audience.
There were other aspects that were key to this conversation, namely the archival material for the wall montage. The idea for this was that the wall montage would be made with archive material drawn from all of the locations that the Traveling Gallery would be visiting. As a group we had already begun looking through relevant archive material at the Glasgow Women’s Library. We continued to do research into relevant archive material through the break, in order to give the most access to material for Joey Simons and Keira McLean. This research came at a unique time as we were all in different places and time zones. Communicating and sharing information became more difficult, but overcoming these difficulties ended up illustrating a productive group dynamic. We shared the labor and stayed in contact with each other; and those nearby helped with any physical research they could.
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