Again and again and again and again, do it again.

Exhibition Concepts.

·       An exhibition in university, hopefully as soon as possible.

·       Looking to exhibit new work and see artworks in a non-studio context.

·       Annexe Project space? Need to work out the logistics.

·       If using project space how do we fill it?

·       Do we want extra participants or to keep it just a two man show.

·       Look to consider the political context of work and how these ideas can be circumnavigated.

·       Dark room. Could we have a film piece?

From the success of CONTROVERTER, Oliver Perry and myself are looking to construct another pop-up exhibition. The previous exhibition allowed new avenues of thought and I believe that new considerations started to appear, considerations that came about through the practical and conceptual developments of exhibiting and curating.

Because of these positive developments that came out of exhibiting in a group show, we have decided to exhibit again as soon as we felt we could successfully show new work. This time, mainly due to the bureaucratic and financial pressures of exhibiting outside of university, we have decided to use the Annexe Project Space for a two-man show of our work. The space is currently being used for the second year shows but we have almost managed to procure an evening show on Tuesday 5^th March. We are just looking to finalise with the administration and security.

We believe that our work compliments the other’s practice and will come together in the small confines of the project space. As CONTROVERTER was located in the large open space of Bridge+Tunnel, it was able to function in a particularly way. The work was never segregated, even Susie Stott’s video work, which was located in a dark room attached to the main hall felt truly connected to the other artworks. This time if we definitely use the project space the exhibition will be completely different. The nature of the space is that it is separated into different spaces, ideal for the second year group shows but potentially a challenge for linking together the work of two artists. There is also a dark room that could be interesting to use, as we both are interested in the construction of moving image artworks. However neither has explored it in great depth and it could be a afterthought rather than a considered piece.

The work

Currently I would like to exhibit a few pieces, I am growing another turf piece, this time from scratch and believe that even if it is still in the process of growing it would provide an interesting dialogue to my practice. Since my tutorials with Tim, Michael and Fiona I think I have a few areas to explore and really consider which direction I want my practice to move into. Whilst embracing ideas of landscape and the natural environment it seems that there will always be an ecological context so perhaps I should move away from bluntly shouting my opinions. This troubles me however as I do like the idea of making some work that does bluntly put my considerations on the table. This needs to act without taking anything away from the visual power of my work. Again this is obviously something I need to give a lot of thought before the exhibition.

I feel I have three works that I would feel comfortable developing and eventually exhibiting. One is the turf piece that I spoke about above and another is a piece that utilises the Perspex cubes that I failed to construct. The half cubes that I made were not watertight and therefore drip their contents out onto the floor. I have been thinking about using colour in my work again, something that I have only been using for my personal aesthetic pleasure rather than to compliment my concepts. I have been looking at creating naturally dyed liquids, for example using beetroot and spinach. I would like to explore an idea that directly engages with my political interests and I believe it would be a powerful work if I can manage to successfully navigate certain problems. I have a canvas, which I would place underneath the five half-cubes that would be then suspended above at about head height. During the exhibition I would pour five coloured liquids into each of the half-cubes and allow their contents to fall onto the canvas. The liquids would be filled to different levels and would be coloured to represent the main three political parties, Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat and also two parties which are commonly represented in the media, Greens and UKIP. The levels would be representative of the each party’s environmental commitment. The canvas will soak up the liquid and hopefully the colours will soak together, showing that all these opinions eventually cancel each other out and form sickly mulch, showing that the constant environmental bickering is standing in the way of action.

Finally I would like to consider my interest in the architectural development of space, especially when using sustainable natural materials. Many Japanese architects have triggered off interest that I can use to direct new movements in my practice. Sou Fujimoto has just been announced to construct the 2013 Serpentine Pavillion and I have been looking at both his designs and the paper based constructions of Shigeru Ban and would like to explore this medium to construct sculptures that consider architectural space.