I attended an art exhibition hosted by a friend, featuring another friend’s work. Before the event, I visited the artist, played with her cat, and helped hammer a few nails into her artwork. Afterward, I assisted the curator in removing nails from the exhibition boards.
I really enjoy this kind of hands-on involvement, as I’m deeply curious about the behind-the-scenes—how things are actually accomplished. Even small tasks offer a window into the immersive process of creation.
This exhibition stood apart from traditional galleries, being truly community-oriented.
The artists found by the curator are all very young artists. They have very straightforward or rough expressions, which are unique to this age and this stage of creation.
Even the venue is quite interesting, and the activities they usually undertake are of various themes.
After the exhibition, the lessee needs to fill the nail holes on the exhibition board with putty. Everything is done by yourself as much as possible, so the price is not expensive.
Perhaps one rule is that the cultural industry really needs a large number of cheap venues and supporting facilities to conduct experiments.
At the exhibition, I was talking to a friend about the local comedy club. He said that occasionally there would be actors with a net worth of hundreds of millions to speak in the basement of the bar for an open mic with a ticket price of two or three pounds.
I also talked to another dancing girl about a dance company in Manchester, which has been providing free workshops and free rehearsal space and commercialization platform for early artists.
There must be a small but complete place for artists and creators to try out all their ideas and receive all the feedback.
When it comes to lean entrepreneurship, it is natural to bring in commercial companies. In fact, cultural creation may need the logic of lean entrepreneurship more than any other industry.
A five-minute talk show is polished in a theater for a month, and a one-hour special show can be produced in a year.
A hundred art exhibitions with audiences and feedback may produce a few artists who are better at expression and communication.
It is a great thing to grow flowers, and it is also a great thing to cultivate soil.
