MCDC
Held at the Manchester Craft and Design Centre for a week our class gave visitors a chance to see the varied disciplines we use in an incomplete form. The space was lovely and our work looked beautiful. The pieces I chose to display tell my response to the brief North West South and East. In this, I am looking at what makes me the me I am. Looking at journeys I never took in contrast to the journeys I made regularly. From those primary findings, I progressed to looking at the processes I was using. I fell in love with stitch, the way things join up and fall apart and what happens in between. As we go into final outcome production I will continue to let those processes inform my direction, in particular negative space and repair.
After we de-installed our room, I was left with questions and concerns about how the show had been received. I met up with an old schoolfriend Julie (ex Granada and current Bokeh Yeh) I explained my how the show had gone and though our work looked incredible, we had had very little feedback publicly or from the venue administration. I was also worried that the college itself hadn't really shown its presence. She really made me see that if I was concerned about those things, I should have done something about them. I should have made sure college had personal invites, contacts had been secured and networked with the studio occupants.
It was like an injection of common sense. I was expecting people to do this for me when if I want to be involved in this world I have to do it myself.
Julies Notes
Get out more and make opportunities to work with people.
Consider creating FMP in response to Mad Labs if that is where final show is. Dont be generic
Wanting to do something is not enough
Introduce yourself to the space
Think like a successful person, not scared of ridicule
Join societies
My Notes
MCDC could have been opp for making contacts, could the press release have been researched better?
Made more personal?
Always emphasise what you can do for the place
Of course I am learning, and everyday is a new opportunity. I can't give up. I really want to set up some sort of art space with a heritage centre so this is my practice.
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