Saturday, June 19, 2010

Vedo. Show vs Share

Few days ago it was open studio's day, as a lot of people came in for the private view of the BA show. A chance to 'show' your work and advertise our final in September. In this case, the word 'show' literally stood for itself, as everyone around was hungry to see and see and see something. Oh, of course drinking comes together with that! I don't know if they were looking for beauty, content, political awareness, amazing stories or whatever else one's tastes and interests are. It was certainly not the right context to share your work and ideas. 
And since my work is about involvement and participation, it was certainly not the right venue for me. 
Aim: offer a simple game, giving two options to potential paticipants. Put part of my final show to the test.
Why: Experiment, examine people's responses, get feedback.
Result: for the whole day, one person only (a friend) spared five minutes to participate. 
It was clearly a fine art environment, where people were not interested in anything that involved a performative discipline. I certainly do hope that in September we will get more open audiences.










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