Well my installation is up and running, after an exhausting 6 hours of hard work yesterday.
The new site for the work ( which I hadn’t seen until yesterday) had been temporarily used as a chapel / prayer space, so the altar and chairs had been hastily removed before our arrival. This resulted in a woman getting quite cross with me during the install, asking where should she pray now – and when was that ‘stuff’ going to be removed (!)
She did come back later and apologised though.
Although slightly smaller than the original room I was planning to install in, it was much brighter and better access for the public.
A steady stream of visitors strolled past, asking questions the entire time we were there.
It was also great to see so many taking photos of the work as it was nearing completion.
Although the exhibition is only on for a relatively short time, I think more people will get to see it than they would if it were in a gallery space.
Also, Chester Cathedral have promoted the project on their Twitter and Instagram pages, which have a huge amount of followers, so hopefully lots of people will get to see images if they can’t visit in person.
