09/10/18 Tutorial with Neil Masterclass Bedwyr
I got a lot from the chat with Neil in the morning. He made me realise through questioning me about the accessible gallery idea, that I would be the curator. I would be organising it, so therefore responsible. I found it useful to speak to someone about it because I then had to defend the idea and the reasons behind it. It was good to realise that I'd already problem solved a lot of problems I might face. Neil thought I should keep making the group work, he was interested in the fact that I don't particularly like to have Authorship, am happy to relinquish control and involve others. It brought it to my attention, as I hadn't thought about it before like that.
Last night before bed I thought about making a lesson plan for a class. I would transfer this project to teenagers of high school age. I planned it in the form of a speech then this morning I wrote out a plan that would last 5 weeks and revolve around the idea of a mobile gallery. This would have more restrictions in terms of locations so I would have to negotiate with people as to where it could go. I decided to write the idea up, as a formal application for a public work of art and also as a lesson plan. I'd like it to appear like the real thing. Last year I worked on crazy ideas presented as proposals that could work, but they were just sketches. This is something I am interested in; playing with reality. It also feeds into me wanting to reduce my work and edit until it is smaller. Neil did advise me to continue to paint though and I think this is good advice as I do tend to let this'editing' stifle my momentum.
Neil said to look at the Artists State of Print ( I cannot find in the library database or online, ask if it is spelled differently) and to continue painting with the group. Also to write a manifesto for my idea of the gallery.
I spoke to Adam afterward as I overheard much of his masterclass. His is the 'anti- gallery' and he sent me a reflection he wrote after working with teenagers. He has 3 modes of doing this, one was to pair the kids with a person who had a skill or trade to create something together. I find this incredibly inspiring. He told me about how he came to be a curator and said something that really stuck with me; he had worked as a guard in a gallery where he got to look at people looking at art. I think that's pretty powerful. I'd had a chat earlier in the day about how the 'selfie' is completely false. The real image is the one other people around that person is viewing. Or is it? Non Places talks about the isolated but overpopulated. Groups of individuals in a transitional space. Everything brings me back to this theme.
Adam sent me a reflection he had written, I was surprised by how honest and critical he was. I also thought he wrote personably which I've not seen before.
We had to write a page out, the most absurd story with a random object at the centre of it. I wrote this:
I read Bedwyrs story from his email and I should have read it beforehand. My story is far too bleak and boring. I will re write it tonight and send it to him. I'd be interested in his feedback. If not, it'll still be fun to write it. I really enjoyed doing this task as I love nonsense.
I rewrote my story after reading Bedwyrs and I decided to make it more surreal. It was difficult but very enjoyable, I think that it's a great exercise to push yourself and be uncomfortable.
Last night before bed I thought about making a lesson plan for a class. I would transfer this project to teenagers of high school age. I planned it in the form of a speech then this morning I wrote out a plan that would last 5 weeks and revolve around the idea of a mobile gallery. This would have more restrictions in terms of locations so I would have to negotiate with people as to where it could go. I decided to write the idea up, as a formal application for a public work of art and also as a lesson plan. I'd like it to appear like the real thing. Last year I worked on crazy ideas presented as proposals that could work, but they were just sketches. This is something I am interested in; playing with reality. It also feeds into me wanting to reduce my work and edit until it is smaller. Neil did advise me to continue to paint though and I think this is good advice as I do tend to let this'editing' stifle my momentum.
Neil said to look at the Artists State of Print ( I cannot find in the library database or online, ask if it is spelled differently) and to continue painting with the group. Also to write a manifesto for my idea of the gallery.
I spoke to Adam afterward as I overheard much of his masterclass. His is the 'anti- gallery' and he sent me a reflection he wrote after working with teenagers. He has 3 modes of doing this, one was to pair the kids with a person who had a skill or trade to create something together. I find this incredibly inspiring. He told me about how he came to be a curator and said something that really stuck with me; he had worked as a guard in a gallery where he got to look at people looking at art. I think that's pretty powerful. I'd had a chat earlier in the day about how the 'selfie' is completely false. The real image is the one other people around that person is viewing. Or is it? Non Places talks about the isolated but overpopulated. Groups of individuals in a transitional space. Everything brings me back to this theme.
Adam sent me a reflection he had written, I was surprised by how honest and critical he was. I also thought he wrote personably which I've not seen before.
Masterclass
We had to write a page out, the most absurd story with a random object at the centre of it. I wrote this:
I read Bedwyrs story from his email and I should have read it beforehand. My story is far too bleak and boring. I will re write it tonight and send it to him. I'd be interested in his feedback. If not, it'll still be fun to write it. I really enjoyed doing this task as I love nonsense.
Reflection
I got this Masterclass and I was pretty happy about it, this has turned into my fake Instagram.
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