Invigilating
It’s really hard going with this invigilating lark. I’ve only done two days so far – last Friday and Saturday, but they seemed to last weeks. 11 people came in on Friday…a couple of friends, people looking for having an exhibition themselves…and a few genuine exhibition goers, clutching their Biennial maps. Thank God for those maps, as without them – would anyone at all come down here? Saturday – pretty much the same.
Sitting there, made me think about how many of the biennial exhibitions I have managed to visit… not many. If I haven’t been working ( in my proper job) since the Biennial opened, I’ve been at the Gallery or planning for a workshop I’m doing next week. Like most people exhibiting I suppose…
Made a huge effort to see at least one thing when I shut up shop last weekend. Walked up to Duke St to see Do Ho Suh’s house… very good! Continued walking to town and passed what seemed to be one of the Independents venues. Looked in the window, and saw a solitary figure invigilating. Walked past…felt guilty and went back to the window. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about these venues that puts an invisible block in the doorway, stopping me from entering. I will go back – promise!
After Saturday’s invigilating, I called in at the Bluecoat – it was packed. Why are so many venues getting all these visitors and yet some are getting none? The gallery are continuing to just use facebook to advertise …but once all of their ‘friends, have visited, what next? It was worrying.
At least the mammoth task of sending out press releases ourselves is finally showing results:
http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2010/09/about-here-at-the-gallery-liverpool/
http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/reviews/about_here.php
