Contemporary Visual Artist
Contexts
1. Copeland Gallery Exhibition set-up
I learnt a lot from the Copeland Gallery exhibition this time and benefited a lot from it. The scale of the exhibition was much bigger than the progress shown in Unit 1 and Millbank 180, and I learnt a lot from the more than 90 students of All Fine Art Pathways, as the works were gathered together and there was a wide range of works and themes, which opened up a lot of ideas for me. Although the venue was much bigger, it was still a challenge to arrange the various works in a way that would fit in well with the large number of works. After three days of work, from the unpacked works lying all over the floor at the beginning to the works hanging on the wall, ceiling and floor in an orderly manner. The theme content and form of the students' works did not conflict with each other, and the advice and direction of the professors and technicians played a great role. The form of display of my work has also been fully advised, from the beginning of the uninteresting arrangement, and later, the neighbouring works of echo and integration, breaking the original regularity, better echo the theme of my own work. It was a great improvement in terms of visual perception.
2. Museum visits for Archive co-operation programme
Whilst researching for the Archive project in collaboration with students from the Computational Arts pathway, we visited various museums such as the Hunterian Museum, The Viktor Wnyd's Museum of Curiosities, the V&A Museum and many others together. We collected a lot of interesting exhibits in the museums, which brought a lot of inspiration to my subsequent research. One of the exhibits we found at the V&A Museum was an exhibit of an artist using smells as collectables, with labels detailing textual descriptions of the objects and smells to better transport the viewer back in time to when the collectables were located. This exhibit is also an interpretation of identity and memory, which makes me feel mysterious, dreamy and beautiful.
3. Studio 18 Millbank Show
At the beginning of Unit 2, we were given the opportunity to re-exhibit our Unit 1 work in Millbank Studio 18, which I was very happy about, as I wasn't very satisfied with the way I had presented my work-in-progress show at the end of Unit 1. The prints on glossy paper were very easily to smudging, which was not conducive to the preservation of the work, so in preparation for this exhibition, I changed from glossy paper to inject print on handmade paper. I also streamlined the number of images, selecting three from the original six. The final result shows that this is a very wise choice, and the visual strength of the work is further enhanced by the streamlining of the images. With the help of my tutors and technicians, I was able to learn more tips and tricks during the set-up stage, which were very useful in laying the foundation for my subsequent Copeland Show set-up planning. I am very happy with the final presentation of the work, and it was a good way to finish off the results of Unit 1.