Weekly roundup

28/06/19

Dan has been in this week curating our interim show. I don’t have much feeling towards the piece I’m putting up, in fact it wasn’t the piece I’d intended to put up, but have decided on the 12 small photo etched prints. It’s saying something interesting, maybe it IS helping me clarify what I’m “saying” in my work, but it’s not an example of a well crafted print. My vanity would like something impressive up there, whereas it’s the smallest and most unobtrusive piece in the show. It’s next to Pippa’s multi-faceted work and looks a little sad. Maybe that’s appropriate though, I’m thinking about the struggle for identity in a society which is driven by appearance. My piece looks dwarfed by the impressed all singing all dancing piece next to it.

I’m feeling a little lost this week if I’m honest, I’m right in the photographic process, I’m gaining insights (as above) but there’s a frustrated bit of me that needs to produce something that involves my unique skills. Yet I don’t want to abandon the photos entirely, they’re kind of working for me, but the result is I’m stuck and don’t know how to move my process on to incorporate both desires for this work.

I need a plan! Next week I have to try and produce the twelve photo etchings again on white paper, because I hadn’t planned for this to be my interim piece I didn’t worry too much about the paper so it’s off white, which isn’t right for the exhibition. Then I can think about my next steps. What I’m producing isn’t necessarily coinciding with my thoughts and research. This is the nub of my worry.