Finalising exhibition:
As communication had been fairly slow up until April, my project plan was delayed as I originally wanted everything to be finalised a week before to leave enough room for difficulties that may arise in the lead up to install. I have had regular meetings with the artists and poets involved about what they would like to show, timings for finishing artworks and sharing/discussing relevant reading and artists works that occupy similar themes around text and image. It has been great to see these ideas evolve and begin to see links between each artwork; what they each offer to the theme and how they will sit in ECA library. I have shared my thoughts for where each work should go and this has been discussed by each artist to ensure I know each artwork in great detail and can exhibit it in conjunction with the artists original intention. With everyones busy schedules, I have been unable to hold a whole group meeting but I have decided to carry this out after the exhibition to get a better understanding of everyones thoughts around the theme, cross-course exhibitions and the library space; these discussions need to happen together in person to get the most out of feedback.
The Rich Compost of Before- EMBASSY
Items from Embassy’s archive including posters, handouts, notes and stickers. This exhibition feels very obsessive, with so much to look at and read. I like how the poster for this exhibition is amongst the archival posters as if claimed to be an artefact of the archive already. Thinking about the importance of collecting and exhibiting items from an archive; how these can be shown and what is being relayed to audiences. (see week 9 blog post). As I create the handout and map for Utterances, I am thinking of how to communicate information clearly but also offer an impression of the exhibition. From seeing, and taking some from the space, the array of publications, handouts and posters they have, has given me ideas of how I can approach this (see below image). I like how The Rich Compost of Before itself, has a clear identity throughout all its materials; the colour, font and imagery is easily understandable as to what is it, enabling these materials to come together to inform the exhibition.
Publications I have collected from exhibitions.
The piece in the middle of the room that travels around with no beginning or end, by Sarah Phelan, is a commission for this exhibition. Phelan has used existing archives, that have gone through a fax machine multiple times, to test and examine the role of archives and how they are shown. .
The above cabinet is also a commission for this exhibition by Lorenzo Rangoni Robertson, exploring how we collect and store objects, this will also be a permanent feature in the Embassy Gallery.
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