The brief interviews I did recently for the two publications, made me think about my work more than I had done in a while. I don’t usually get those direct questions when people talk to me about it, so it’s resulted in me spending a fair bit of time reflecting over decisions I’ve made . It has been a really useful exercise.
I’m surprised at the response I had from the local paper – more people than I thought have seen it and said they liked it. In fact, I was surprised that so many have said to me ‘I didn’t know you did that’. Why didn’t they know that? Am I not communicating this side of my life very well? Well, obviously not as this is the whole reason I started up this blog.
The local news one wasn’t nearly as bad as I’d feared. I thought my words would be twisted so that it would be more appealing to ‘the readers’. The only thing I wasn’t quite sure of, was that it possibly made me look like I’d made an overnight decision to work with paper, when in fact it was a very long drawn out process.
Yet, I was personally more thrilled with having Seven Streets write an article. Although only an online publication, it is more respected in the arts community AND quite difficult to get a piece into. Maybe I should be thinking more about the general public and not worry so much about the thoughts of fellow artists?
The exhibition ended at Tate on Tuesday, so we dismantled everything straight after work. It is kind of sad when a show comes down, but I do feel I’ve got a lot out of BOTH exhibitions
The Albert Dock exhibition continues until Sunday night and although I know people are continuing to look through the window, I’m not getting any feedback. I know the purpose of these exhibitions isn’t to receive a pat on the back, but to be able to contribute to future ideas and plans. It still all makes me feel a little in limbo at the moment.
( online version, without images)
