- Art and Desing - examples of both and exhibiting them with each other. Art was placed next to design and they complemented one another, often containing similar subjects or dealing with similar themes.
- Many of those features in the exhibition are great artists but are relatively unheard of - there are also a number of women featured in House Proud.
- All the pieces in the gallery say something about the time, have a significance or provided a window into what life was like from the 1930s to now.
- Taste is tricky - subjectivity and objectivity.
- Items of different value were included - some massed produced and some one of a kind.
- The flow of House Proud was completely flawless. There was not one thing that could have been added or taken away. The eye flows seamlessly around the room, as one piece connected to the next.
- I wasn't able to place the date of some of the examples of design, testament to how fashions come and go and that many vintage designs and prints are being revamped and loved by people today.
- Many of the pieces crossed the bridge between art and design - stools that didn't look like stools, giant desk lamps, tables and chairs that look impossible - things that have a function, however questionable, but also have a concept behind them. Their sole purpose is not only to function as something.
Notes from meeting:
Raise some issues and set questions to ask them about their experiences organising a Thursday Late event. How have they found things in the past, things we don't know will work etc.
- Health and safety issues, including for the workshops and sculptures that want to be put in.
- What are visitors like in workshops? How many generally take part? What kinds of people take part?
- What is their experience of using the spaces? How have they previously used the spaces, what has worked and what hasn't?
- How do they see the event? Is it a social engagement or an art piece, or does it depend on the night?
- Have they worked with sound previously and if so how have they found that?
- Engagement techniques that they have used.
- How well attended were the talks that were put on, how successful are they?
- How to welcome people into the gallery who aren't aware of the event that's taking place.
Their responses to the questions was more of a discussion and a dialogue between our groups:
Do something to keep people moving around the gallery or they will tend to gather in one space - the arrows we plan to put down might combat this, create a flow within the gallery space. Keep referring to the work on the walls, make it the centre of everything and keep grounding the night with its concepts and what it's trying to achieve. Before anything else, the public generally want to locate themselves, so look around the spaces first, get a drink, meet friends and chat, and then they will find the confidence to circulate the gallery and take part in the workshops - so very important to get the welcome spot on, make them feel comfortable and give them all the information that they need. Consider feedback, how you would like to receive that? Thought board, post it notes, write on the back of handouts for example.
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Re-cap of events: issues, regarding number of events in the gallery, presentations that might be happening and where, need to confirm those, and clearer info on the workshops, performances and engagements. Need to think about information in the handout.
Internal deadline (set by the group) for work and solid ideas - MAY 1ST
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