
I have been working on my project based on building impromtue and movable galleries and exhibition spaces, this my first on is called the wondow gallery(based in the studio space at leeds college of art and design) for the obvious reason that you view the work through a window. the galleries are to express an enjoyment for making and an almost safe haven for dysplaying anything that is wanted. I feel that the spaces i make have to be more movable and be able to get out to the public so i am going to endevour to make a portable gallery. i want to know what the effect is of having something that isnt the white cube we expect and in the place we expect it. After holding an opening for a small exhibition i realised that once you have entered the homemade gallery you yourself become part of the work. There have been many mobile galleries before and many of which have been sucessfull, in some cases purely to make art more public, in other they took on a more protestual stance. in my case i just want a chance to put some art out there and to tour it, only in the sence that it is mobile. i think the end result for this may be the documentation of it. of course it rases many questions.
does the quality of the build have to be specific?
are the viewers more important than the work?
how important is the placement of the gallerys?
I think the contrast between the build quality of the interior and exterior is something which can be further explored. also the location of the mobile gallery is something which interests me as depending on where it is the viewers will be different and if the viewers become part of the work once inside the space then the location will have a direct affect the work. i look forward to seeing where you place the mobile gallery, go out and do it! do it now!
ReplyDeleteyes i agree with you , i now need to play around with size and wether i was to subliminally make the viewers the work and the real viewers the people looking at the people within the gallery.
ReplyDeleteI can't see the image, but it sounds like an interesting idea. I like the do it yourself ethos of a moblie gallery and it raises some questions about the need to frame art as art, which might be good to explore for this module.
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