A couple of good bits of news to start the day is that our new work which is currently in production called 'Figures of late' is going to be featured in a show next month called Morguefest. The proposal fitted the brief perfectly (the exhibition is actually happening in a morgue) so we're happy to be able to present the work in such a great environment. The next good bit of news is that we got into the next Scaffold Gallery exhibition which is always exciting not only to be making some new work but also that the whole team over there are always great! The premise of this next exhibition is the exhibition itself, taking a look at its rich culture and history, and asking questions of its relevance today. We think the work we'll produce will be along a similar thread to previous pieces that attempt to almost sink into the gallery walls and become part of the idea of what it is to be an art gallery/exhibition. These include 'just ignore me', where we hire a photographer to document the private view and the photographs are then displayed for the duration of the exhibition; 'don't point, it's rude', where all the lights in the gallery are replaced by ones which are potentially hazardous for historical paintings; and 'The Tower of the Winds casts no shadow', which is a leaflet for a fictional commission for a new art work that would replace the fountains at the front of Central Saint Martins, installed in the University building. A few preliminary thoughts we've been having to the new work are about exploring the art exhibition as an event, challenging their role in society, how they function, the customs and behaviours of an opening night, and to provide a comment and critique. The show isn't for a couple of months but always good to the initial thoughts in.
We were involved in a workshop today at Light Eye Mind gallery which was about creating relationships and then eventually an exhibition between current and soon-to-be Central Saint Martins Fine Art students. It was interesting to consider us now and then 3 years ago just finishing up foundation, still living at home...The workshop was very fun and interesting but once we got to the stage where we were to consider the exhibition everyone seemed to get very serious and we stopped being a big collection and returned to being individuals. Hopefully this will have subsided by the next session.
In other news there's a new podcast on the way where we've interviewed the director of The Museum of Portable Sound to see what that's all about! If you don't know what it is then we highly recommend you to check out their website >>>here<<< and book a visit, John Kanneberg is a very intelligent and lovely guy who will take you through it all.
