Well I've typed up the conversation we had on Weds and there were some really interesting points in it. So I think the piece of writing is going to work very well.
As Lina said below, the deadline for comments / writing etc is Monday as I need to edit it together somehow and then send it to Lina by Tuesday. I'll also post it on the blog on Tues. This means we can make any last minute adjustments if anyone doesn't agree with anything - and also Lina gets to print it in time.
Having listened to the conversation I've picked out what I could and posted it below. I actually think it's pretty good - we've all been thinking about our work.
The U7 guidelines say that our 1000 words can be in the form of a conversation or piece of performative writing (not just an essay style) so I suggest we stick to a magazine article / conversation / interview type format. This means that it doesn't have to be one person's voice when it's written out and also that everybody gets to contribute in an unstructured way - I think it really reflects the whole process of organising the exhibition where we've worked together although we've all got very different timetables, interests and work.
You can see that as well as typing up the dialogue I've also tried to arrange it thematically and this gives it some critical structure it think. So I'll stick to something similar for the final piece but with more blog content that we're all going to upload by Monday. Although what we have is good I think it needs more info about what we've been reading / seeing / relating it to the seminars...that kind of thing...as well as our thoughts about the curation process. So maybe everyone can upload a short passage here. Either way it looks good and I think we'll have a strong piece of writing as well as being able to show how everyone has contributed.
Ok so this is the conversation transcript and look forward to uploading the full piece by Tues...get writing!
Conversations 16th
Feb 2012-02-17
Repetition and Reproduction…
L: Is everyone making
objects? I am thinking of sticking parts of plastic bags together and switching
on a fan. Maybe doing a projection on it but it wouldn’t work if it’s too
light.
J: I’m actually
thinking of putting the blinds down and doing things on the window. I have been making silhouettes from
cardboard. They are things I see around me but when I do the silhouette they
look completely abstract but you can see something in them. I paint them black
so they would contrast on the white wall. I was thinking of putting them on the
window with a thin sheet of material.
S: I saw a projection
on to a balloon a few years ago. It looked amazing as if it was glowing.
L: Did the projection
go inside the balloon?
S : Not really, it was
projected on to the surface of the balloon and in a darkened room so it looked
as if the balloon was glowing. But
up close it seemed like a really unusual kind of screen – it was interesting
because I’m still so used to seeing projections on flat screens and surfaces.
J: Does anyone have a
nice looking old chair we could put there? So people could just sit there and
look at the balloons? I like exhibitions where you have chairs because when you
sit down and look at an art work you take in so much more.
L: I was thinking of
filming the balloon and then projecting it. Maybe filming the balloon in the
first space and then projecting it. In the second space I could have the
balloon and the projection of the room.
J to S: Would you
present your work on the floor?
S: Maybe but maybe on
a table as it is meant for people to play with as it’s a sculpture of a toy.
But maybe on the floor like children’s toys are. I like the idea of having work
on the floor in this exhibition space, rather than being elevated, as it stops
it from looking so earnest. I want
some frivolity.
… in the exhibition space…
YL: I’m taking one
part of the wall and photocopying it and then using photoshop on that. Creating
one, two, three layers.
J: So you’re
photographing the wall in the space?
S: And changing the
dimension of the space?
J: I’m interested in
the layers.
S: And everything
collapses into itself which is similar to Cecilie's wallpaper effect.
…and of the domestic space …
Ch: I’m copying the
house I live in, transferring it to the studio. This is the door of my room in
paper but I’m using a variety of materials. I moulded paper on to the walls with water and afterwards it
dried and took on the shape of the walls.
J: Would that be a
picture or a sculpture?
Ch: No it’s a
sculpture really. It’s 3d but made of paper.
S: Is it fragile once
it’s dry? It might be hard to bring in?
J: Maybe you don’t
need to bring in a whole door.
Ch: Yes just sections.
C: What kind of paper
is it?
Ch: Just normal brown
paper.
J: That would work
well against black and white walls in the space.
Ch: Are we far away
from the title?
S:Yes but no because I
think that was the point of the title.
J:It was about
nonsense. And I also like work that has a contrasting title that doesn’t mean
anything specific.
Ch: It’s like the idea
of the B-Team seminars where we can present different pieces or our own work
but the unifying thing is that we’re a team.
Links between the exhibition space and the domestic space:
L: There are two rooms, with two walls each. There are other rooms in between but they are not ours.
Ch: Can we make a link between the rooms or something in the middle?
YL: I like the idea of having the rooms the same.
J : Like mirror images.
S: It reminds me of moving house. I have a lot of clutter and every time I move to a different place, the room has changed but it still looks the same. I can’t get away from it and always think when I move it will be different but somehow it is always the same.
J: When I moved to Prague I had 10 suitcases. I needed my things to feel at home.
Mirror Images:
L to S: Why is there a difference between your two pieces?
S: I couldn’t remember and I had been thinking about it yesterday. I had to change one to make it different and had to remember why and it didn’t make sense. I couldn’t understand their relationship to each other and it was bothering me.
J: We were talking about mirror worlds and Alice Through the Looking Glass. I think that was where the idea of having two rooms the same came from. They would be almost the same but with a tiny difference here and there, a bit like those ‘spot the difference’ pictures. Opposites, the same but a bit different; just subtle difference. For the wallpaper effect on the window I’m using silhouettes that are the same colour and size but the drawings will be a bit different.
S: Things would be in the same places?
J: Yes so when it is installed, it does look a little bit like a mirror image.
L: That was the surprise, that the rooms look the same.
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