TUESDAY – TALK ABOUT THE WORK
Last night was the Discussion Event organised this time in conjunction with Claremont Studios' Talk About The Work. We held it downstairs in the Pine Gallery in the dark.
We had wine and Under Ground cake (made with ground almonds and chocolate) and people looked at the work, drew on the blackboards.
Each of us posed some questions and showed a short set of slides.
My title 'Dead or Alive' raised questions about the purpose of my practice – seeking animation, and setting up enlivening experiences, and the sharp surprise of how deadening the experience of working under ground has been. How quickly I had urgent need to spend time over ground in the air and sun like a plant. And raised too the purpose of participation by viewers, sparked by our Drawing in the Dark event and I questioned whether this enhances the experience of looking at art, engages viewers or only entertains.
