Re:view bursary anton hecht

Had my meet with Richard Hollinshead a sculpture and director of Grit and Pearl, a public art agency. There were many good points he raised. While video as a piece of long term public art would be problematic, often now with public art they are asked to make a number of temporary smaller works around the creation of the major art work, and he though my practice would fit in well to this commission process. This is an avenue I will pursue, and is a good avenue for other artists who make work not suited to long term installs. He also thought I should aim for larger budgets, which is also something I will use when negotiating new work, as he felt the quality of the work varied in terms of filming and larger budgets would give the work greater consistency in the amount of time and the equipment I could use to document the idea I create. I also talked to him about my inability to ever get through the commission process for a work, and that maybe I am not presenting myself in the right way, and he suggested letting him look over any future apps for some pointers, which would be great. He also said that Grit and Pearl will be running some form of open surgery for artists in the near future, which is really needed. It was really great just to talk with someone about what I do, in an open and theoretical way. Once outside of the arts education system it is hard to just talk with people about your ideas and artwork. I find lately that the only time I talk to interested bodies about what I do, is when I am making the work for them, and then it is really just about the practicalities, so this has been a really useful exercise. My next meet is with James Lowther on the 18th.