In the 10 days prior to hand-in on 10 May, I worked very hard on the sampler and finessing the Interim Report. This made my right arm very sore - and I am back at the Chiropractor's! Using a mouse, particularly aggravates it.
The room we were given to display our work was tiny. So everything of mine was crammed in. I am not sure whether I signposted my work clearly enough. One of the students queried what my artwork had to do with Valuing Women. I had added luggage labels explaining the significance of my work, but I don't think I thought about it enough. These large artworks were from Think Big, Draw Bigger art class, where I was thinking about enlarging small, insignificant things to indicate their importance. I was also exploring partial images to indicate how you don't see the whole person - there is always something hidden or omitted. This is where the Crit would have enabled me to explain my work. We did a lot of these when I was at Curtin, Perth, and although they were agonising at the time, it certainly taught you to talk well about your work.
This morning I went for my swim, and came up with an idea for the Alumni show at Herts. I aim to display my sampler very simply, pinning it to the wall. However, I think I will try to get some audience interaction. I will have a set of instructions, a set of cards or post-it notes, and a pen. The instructions will be:
"Think of an ordinary woman you respect.
Identify an object you associate with her
What did you value about what she did?"
I will request the audience to pin their answers to the board. This might be another data gathering exercise, depending on how well it goes.
