Show: Project 4

 

 

During the show project we had to create an exhibition in which we would show all for the work that the other groups had been creating during the last two weeks (sound, listen, film and print). as a group we decided that we wanted to create an exhibition that was very different to a normal white wall gallery exhibition and very different to the exhibitions that the other three groups had created in the previous weeks. So was all agreed that we wanted to create a student flat in the studio where we would show all of the work and the opening of the exhibition would been like a stereotypical flat party. However this turned out to consist of a lot of work, we had the technicians put up the wall to the flat and add windows and doors, to make it feel like a real flat. original we wanted to add a ceiling, however we were told that it wouldn't be possible because of health and safety and that it would be a fire rise, knowing this we decided that not having a ceiling would work and would make people remember that it wasn't a flat and that it was still the studio and would break the illusion and make it feel more like a fine art piece, so this set back worked in our favour in the end.

To fill the flat we brought things from our own flats that would more it look more lived in and realistic and use fridges, pieces of carpet and chairs that we found around the John Lennon building, we also went out skip diving to find the flooring and the windows to make it seem more real, but not spend too much money.   

when we had everything (that made it feel like a flat) in it started to look pretty realistic, but we decided that we had to try and clean as much paint and ink of the floor, the walls and around the sink to make it look less like an art studio. We also put up flyers and posters around the sink and in the dinning area, which made the space look ten time better and more homely and lived in.

 then on the Friday of the opening we had all the work to put up, we agreed that the films and sounds would play on laptops in each of the bed rooms and that the listen and print work would be put on the walls to blend in with the posters, but some would also go on the desks to look like the work of the student that lived there.

Over all I think that the exhibition looked great and that the idea worked really well, and was a lot more interesting than just having the work stuck on the walls. I think that it was a shame that it was only up for such  short amount of time, considering the work and effort that we all put into it, however I think that the visitors we had enjoyed it and were a little bit surprized to see what we had created. However I do think that some of the work was lost and over shadowed by everything else that was going on, and that some people forgot or didn't realise there was work on display.