Final major project #14 Researching ways to exhibit
To showcase my outcomes, I had to think of the context they’d be in. For example, an art gallery like the V&A. The V&A exhibits fashion and textiles which would be the perfect place for my exhibit to be situated in for Friday Lates. Friday Lates would be a good event to exhibit my work because it welcomes a different demographic and is inviting of new talents. “The V&A has collected African objects since its inception and has been active in representing African heritage of the Diaspora, giving prominence to projects related to Black identity in the UK” (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012). Also, the new V&A being built in East London has appointed Mr. Casely-Hayford, a prominent British author, curator and broadcaster on African history and culture as the inaugural director. Therefore, I’m writing a proposal addressed to him and I found a quote by him which relates to why I would want to show my work to him: “we want to give you the tools to tell and retell your own stories through objects that move you — and to change the way that we think about ourselves and the world ” (Messman, 2019).
Below are art exhibits I was looking at to get some inspiration of how to display my work:
Morehsin Allahyari created a time capsule having sd cards inside sculptures of destroyed pieces that she 3d modelled. I wanted to do a similar thing but unfortunately don’t have access to the 3D workshop due to current circumstances.
Roya Ebtehaj created a multi-part work relating to a protest movement:
The Green Movement was the first vast public opposition of the Iranian people against the government. It resulted in numerous cases of innocent deaths, arrests and media censorship. This body of work is a poetic effort to reflect on the edge of external destruction and internal creation. “Green Hope” contextualizes three episodes in the evolution of the Green Movement: Calm Before the Storm addresses events before any violent surges, The Eye of the Storm describes the extreme violent stage, and Brighter Days Ahead represents the post-green movement era.”
I like how Anna Ridler exhibited: “The Abstraction of Nature”. I tested out having three screens but found it very distracting so merged the videos of three tobes that followed a storyline. I realised this after doing a few sketches or how to organise the space and decided to place a bench opposite the projection of a video of the website that is scrolled in sync with the song.
Reference:
Allahyari, M. (2018) ‘ Issue No 0 — Digital Culture, Theory & Art: Web Residents Refiguring the Feminist Future’, Schloss -Post, 12 July. Available at: https://schloss-post.com/web-residents-refiguring-feminist-future/
Ebtehaj, R (2018) ‘Green hope’, Roya Ebtehaj. Available at: https://www.royaebtehaj.com/copy-of-green-hope
Messman, L.(2019)’Victoria and Albert Museum Names Leader for East London Outpost’, New York times, 8 Nov. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/arts/design/Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-east-london.html
Victoria and Albert Museum (2012) ‘V&A and Africa: Collections at South Kensington’, Victoria and Albert Museum, 15 November. Available at:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/v/v-and-a-in-africa/
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/VA_Gallery-Text-Writing-Guidelines_online_Web.pdf