15/5/2015
With Mark Devereux and Nicola Dale.
I was lucky enough to have a mentoring meeting with Nicola Dale.
Issues discussed were mostly in reference to exhibiting residue from performances and the major issues that artists have when the work starts to become aware of the context within its situated. Of course this is now an essential aspect of my work. We discussed her work in relation to mine and dissection's that had to be made in order to accomplish the show. We were discussing how many pieces to exhibit, although Nicola commented that she would have wanted to show everything in her exhibition in arcade Cardiff, however this would have cluttered the exhibition . I then discussed the idea of disassociation, allowing the viewer to form their own narrative in relation to the work. This Nicola believed would work well as long as it was achieved in the right way. I discussed creating an environment for the exoskeletons which was separate. Exhibiting in this context would allow the objects to be viewed on their own. Furthermore, exhibiting only one painting, depicting the marks made by each exoskeleton located in a completely different room. Nicola said this was intriguing but shemade a really interesting suggestion. What if one more exoskeleton was made and that its only purpose was to wear it in a ritual walk between the two spaces, allowing that physical connection that is relative to my position.
Later that dayfor the Chapter Car Boutique I was talking with Mark Devereux Projects, it will be a privilege exhibit next to such prestigious individuals.
