Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Meeting @ Manchester Art Gallery - 05.05.15

I set myself a deadline to finish the piece I'm putting in House Proud for this meeting, so that Kate could see exactly what was going in the exhibition and to leave a bit of time to make any adjustments should I need to.
It was during this meeting that we walked around the gallery and made up a mental picture of how the night was going to look, thinking about specifics and practical elements such as the number of tables and chairs, how many workshops were going to be in one place, what needed moving or adding in terms of furniture and draft of the event plan with the times of each performance and engagement. 



Event Flow Plan

- Visitors will be greeted at the Moseley Street entrance and the Atrium Entrance - visitors coming in at Moseley Street entrance will be directed to the Atrium as the starting point for the event
Our Information leaflets will be available at both entrances [or just in the Atrium?]

- The Atrium will be a busy space with

  • Furniture Sculpture associated sound and film
  • Information table
  • Bar [to be confirmed]
  • Thought Board [do we still want to do?]
  • Portable screen with films

- All the workshops with be situated in the Clore Gallery at level 1 – where there will be background music linked to the exhibitions
- Throughout the evening Broke staff and artists will be in the Atrium, House Proud and Eastern Exchanges to discuss work displayed and Broke ideas

18.30 - the Handle with care performance will come in from the Atrium door [agree which one- having come round from George street entrance?] – it will move up the stairs [or do you want to use the lift?] into the House Proud exhibition [confirm final location]

19.00
 - the Sound performance will begin in House Proud exhibition space [confirm exactly where]

19.15 - 
the Highlights tour of the permanent collection will begin at the top of the stairs in the Mosely St entrance hall and move through galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12 and finish in gallery 10 – stopping in galleries 1, 2, 5, 12 and 10

20.00 - 
the Sound performance will be in the Moseley Street entrance hall either at ground or first floor level.

20.15 - 
the output from the quilt workshop will be displayed in Atrium from the first floor landing.
We would like a bar in the Clore Gallery area [we need to see if it can be accommodated alongside the workshops and if MAG/café are ok with this]


Myself and Kate Jesson located a space within the House Proud exhibition where I could install my piece. A positive of having the piece completed on hand is that you are able to visualise the space more easily and get a better idea of the flow of the exhibition and where the piece would best compliment the work that is already there.
My task for the rest of the week is to get the piece exhibition ready. This means supporting the weakest top edge of the piece from which it is to be hung, and putting small weights in the bottom corners of the piece so that it hangs correctly.

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