Exhibition build

The exhibition build is almost over. It has been a lot of ‘hard graft’ but we are almost there. My plinth has taking quite a bit longer to build than I expected. I have never built one before so I wasn’t completely sure of the process and it was something of a learning curve. I’m glad I allocated enough time for it as it needed a lot of coats of paint. I should have coated it with PVA glue first, but I only learned that when it was too late. Also, because the wall which it was going to rest against was covered with wood, I couldn’t see that instead of a skirting board there was a deep step. So I had to alter the base to fit the wall. After the necessary alterations it was finished. Here is a picture of the finished article:

I spent a couple of days painting and cleaning the ‘Light Space’ room where my work is going to be shown. I also spent a good amount of time looking for a list of things for other people (plinths, extension leads, screws, etc.) as well as trying to help sort out some people’s problems with the look of the space to ensure their work is best presented without affecting the work of others. I must thank the staff from the Media and the Photography resource centers for their help with the installation of work, as well as the 3D resource center for their help with the building of plinths. These are a few photos of the space (notice my plinth and iMacs on the right ) :

These are a couple of photos of the week before the exhibition. Still some work to do in the room. My movie can’t be shown full screen as there is a lot of light reflection on the iMac’s screens. To solve this problem I have reduced the size of the movie and I have introduced a white border around my movie that minimizes the reflections.

Publicity

To represent my work within publicity for the show I have chosen an extract from the final version of the video and a few of the valves. The reason why I haven’t chosen the full typology is because its orientation is portrait and it will look too small on the projection. For the same reason I choose just one of the valves to represent my work on the postcard and to have continuity I have done the same for the catalog and website. I look forward to seeing all of it.

MADA10 website: http://www.mada2010.co.uk
MADA10 Facebook: http://en-gb.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=216061&id=123235641039024

Short Artist Statement:

This project observes functional architecture from the industrial era and its environment, exploring this study through methodical photographic documentation. It comprises the mixing of digital and analogue technologies and engages with the materiality of the output surfaces to effectively capture the suspended and timeless state of its primal subjects.

1. Show reel

2. Postcard