Sunday, May 4, 2008

Towards the exhibition

On Friday, we suddenly had a long list of work to do. We read through a rough statement and talked at length about the role that words could play in our installation. Oddly, we never thought to talk about the name, but we can follow through with that next week. There were strong feelings against giving too much away or being overly directive in our statement, and agreement all around that we want people to enter the space and have their own experience.

We also talked about breaking into groups and being present in shifts during the exhibition, so that our presence in the space was not overwhelming.

In the gallery, we looked at the way we might site the cocoon, and also looked at the relationship between the wall of envelopes and the cocoon, talking about ways we might connect them to each other visually. We agree that we need MORE BRAIDS and MORE ENVELOPES.

We made lots of long braids and are beginning to work with the space in a more comprehensive way.

Next week, we will break into teams and finish the work so that we are ready for Art Saves Lives.

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