I went to this exhibition opening by MLitt Art Writing students at Glasgow School of Art, at French Street Glasgow. This is a warehouse-like space so it was interesting to see how a ‘clean and tidy’ practice would be presented and experienced here. This work ranges from the static to the interactive, delving into ways of making and consuming writing. I like the staging of the works here, some are hidden that I hadnt noticed and some were confidently covering a wall. By exhibiting text this way, we can reenter into the roots of language and relay information in more intimate and performative ways. The weaving works above are allocating the terminology of text (see blog post text/image week 8) and what happens when this is performed. The above image of various shapes wrapped in texts offers us a task where we can conjoin differing texts to create our own new ones; this included written text, found magazine text and academic text, which comes together uneasily to form interesting stories. The Art Writing course is a big influence to my project as it offers a convergence between writing and the visual; lending a space to explore what happens here.
Public Engagement
The above exhibition had a handout supporting the show, containing a map of the space and was within it (I have included images below of this). This was slightly confusing as it was difficult to know what work was what artist. I will have a hand out for my exhibition so I need to think about ways of making this engaging and simple to follow. The map is less obtrusive in the space and allows audiences to engage with information when they wish to and at their own pace. If I go with this idea, I would ensure it is as clear to follow as possible and contains all the suitable information. I like how Boys With Books had a table of ‘resources’ about the course and information about this, alongside artist books that can be taken away and read at home. I think its important to have something physical when exploring an exhibition as its a ‘safe’ option that does not rely on technology and phone use and enables audiences to take information away with them.
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