10 June
I met again with Verity S. to follow up and discuss the next steps of my project and also to discuss the possibility of longer term working together.
I contacted Jane Fordham and arranged to visit Chesworth Arts Farm, in Horsham, which is an artist run not for Profit Company. http://www.artsagri.com
Chesworth Arts Farm is an amazing space set within a beautiful countryside although it is in Horsham feels like you are in the middle of nowhere. I met with Jane to discuss the possibility of me using the space as a studio for two to three days per week for the year starting in September. Jane was very accommodating and offered the space at particular rate so I could still afford to keep my studio in Brighton.
The reason for looking at additional space is that I have been asked to participate in a group exhibition called Compulsive, Obsessive Repetition at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.
The exhibition is curated by Sanna Moore and is planed to open in July 2011, with the idea of touring to four different venues around the country.
My proposal for this exhibition is to create multiple tile-like pieces made out of fish skins that will cover the entire wall of the gallery – it will create an anusual pattern.
My exciting studio is not suitable to do this kind of work, is not big enough and I don’t have a sink and I am sure it wont be long before someone complains about the smell in the space and corridors! I have decided to look for an alternative space where I can do the processes of cleaning and preserving of the skins and have large enough space to test and create the work.
