The deadline for hearing if I had been shortlisted for the proposal I sent in, came and went just before Christmas. I gathered up all the paperwork, my notes etc for it, and threw them in the bin…as any normal, rational person would. ( surely?) .. .. and since then, I have had two emails off them to inform me that there is a delay as they are still working through all submissions and will be contacting people over the course of the week for/with further details. I’ve got it in my head that there is a delay with my own personal submission, because I asked for money. I keep going over and over it, wondering if I did the right thing, but there is just no way I could face doing another installation – which takes weeks and weeks of work , for nothing. If I don’t get it, at least I can hope that they had considered me, otherwise I would have had a definite answer in the form of a rejection letter before now.
I also heard yesterday that the dates for the DWF exhibition in Leeds had been confirmed for early March. This is another thing I sent a proposal in for, quite a while ago in fact. It was meant to happen in August, but there were all sorts of problems and the festival was put back. I did the work (the planes) and as I had made them anyway, I decided to show them in Liverpool, during the Independents Biennial
The good thing about this, is that the work is ready, so I don’t have to panic about getting something together. I just need to work out a better packing system as I threw them into boxes after the exhibition and some have been crushed slightly.
So…. from having absolutely nothing on the horizon a week ago…. things are finally start to move.
