So it’s started! I started on Monday and came armed with a roll of lining paper, some board markers and not much else. I’d been shown previously about signing in, where you get the keys from, where the kitchen is (very important!) so I felt quite relaxed and settled in. I can only do short days because of the distance I live ( just over 30 miles) and because of the kids so I have decided to work as hard as possible when I’m there and to do work at home in the evening, if I can. (I’ve also just started a PTLLS course which runs directly up against the residency but should be able to manage both??!!) Part of the remit from the Mill was that they wanted artists, and their progress to be accessible by the public. As a majority of my work will be based on the computer until the show, I’ve decided to write my process down in the space on lovely bits of lining paper. I hope people can read my handwriting!
One of the things which I’m aware of is the fact that although this is a gallery, it’s a gallery in a museum and may not have an ‘art aware’ audience so I’ve tried to explain things in an accessible manner. I’m a bit worried that if I doing something that may not ‘look’ like art that’ll cause trouble. When I aired these worries to Nina she said that’s what they picked me for: to challenge the audience, which is really cool. What’s funny as well though is that Nina has said to me that they liked my proposal because they had no idea what I’d actually do! And there’s me thinking I’d made it really clear!
