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BA2b - Anteros Exhibition....

The second project that I worked on within BA2b was the group exhibition at Anteros Arts Foundation. The work that I submitted to be shown were my aprons and some of the photographs showing these pieces being worn in context. I chose these pieces as I felt that these were my most developed pieces of work, and combined most of the elements that I had been looking at throughout BA2a - text and imagery.

 I was originally going to frame the photographs as these were mainly for documentation and to give the textile pieces context. However, it was suggested that I print the photographs onto another surface. I wasn't really sure what surface to print on, and I didn't have a lot of time to sort things out as I was filming for the collaboration project the next day, so I decided to print the photographs on canvas paper. I chose this material as I liked the idea of having them still fabric based and have some sort of materiality to them. This then became an issue when installing, as we weren't sure where to place them. I thought that there would be a space to place them on the wall, but eventually we used the benches to place them on, and hung the aprons on the back of the bench, above the photographs. Originally, my work was going to be shown on the bench underneath the window, then we decided to move it to the bench by the entrance. I set up my work, was happy with it and then had a discussion about it and it's placement.

 It was then suggested that there should be something on top of the photographs to flatten them down as they were rolling up. One idea was to get some ceramic cups and saucers to place on the sides of the photographs, which I said no to as I felt the attention would move to the ceramics rather than the photographs, which wasn't something that I wanted with my work. I then suggested mounting them on board, but this wouldn't have looked as professional. We then decided to place clear acrylic sheets on top of them. I wasn't sure how I felt about having acrylic sheets over my photographs, but I thought I would try it anyway. I went to go to the 3D Workshop to get them cut, and then trimmed, and luckily there was no issue. It did look really good with the sheets over the photographs, and did add an element of professionalism to the photographs and seemed to merge them with the bench. I did however had to go back and get them trimmed as they did overhang slightly, but I did this because I knew the photographs weren't all the same size, but trimmed them down none the less. They did look slightly better once placed over the photographs after being trimmed down.

 There was, however, a slight issue that occurred. I went back out to get my acrylic sheets trimmed down and while I was gone my work was moved to another bench - the original bench that it was going to be shown on in the first place. I did feel a little annoyed about this as it was my work that I was exhibiting, and felt that they could have waited until I got back and suggested moving it back, which I would have been okay with. However, it did look better where it was moved to, and was more involved in the exhibition. 

 Overall, I was happy with how my work was displayed, but I did feel that at times I didn't have much control to how my work was displayed. I appreciate suggestions, ideas and so on, but I don't appreciate moving other people's works when they're not around and not discussing changes with them. 

 I definitely have learnt a lot about curating during this process, especially what not to do, and how to be a better curator. I think that I need to think more about how I want to display my work, even though in this situation I didn't have a lot of time to re-think as it was such short notice. In future, I will definitely think about display, materiality of works and context. With each exhibition I do, I learn a little more, and hopefully this exhibition will help me be a better curator and exhibitor for future projects. 



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