A blog catch up…
I started my ‘be more creative' New Year well, with an invitation to create a site-specific artwork for the collaborative public art show, 2.5 Hours of Oxygen.
2.5 Hours of Oxygen is a public art project of a series of artistic interventions exploring the private space of the phone box in a time of ubiquitous communication.
Curator Anne Forgan has invited 7 artists to respond to 7 phone box locations in Birmingham City Centre for 2.5 hours on Thursday 19th March 2009 between 11.30am – 2.00pm.
This is the first time I have created work in response to someone else's written brief or concept, it has been an interesting process, in some ways easier -due to being given a durational time structure, location, date, planning and marketing support. Although I have encountered restrictions for the first time in my practice, due to the careful and corporate approach of getting permissions from the council and BT. -My interventions and performances to date have maybe been more playful and subversive.
Over the past two months I have visited the site, met with the curator, played with ideas, talked about ideas, researched ideas and scrapped ideas.
Now nearing the date and preparing the final details I have decided to log my day-to-day accounts in a blog. In hope that the project posts can develop and inform the work and possibly inform others planning a site-specific intervention or performance.
