Notes from Class

Exhibition Advisor; Tanya Marriot:

• Does music work within the space, how could they link?
• What does the music invoke?
• Music from movies > links in nicely with The Roxy Cinema. Music themes, scores etc
• Book making links to venue > cut, link together > editing, cutting videos etc
• Your emotional response to song; fan art, abstract, communicate the story

Meeting at Roxy

• Have the option for the downstairs dining area or upstairs foyer (we want upstairs because the lighting is more ideal)
• $100 per hour
• Have easels if we want to display our work on them
• Can't hang anything on walls or hang from ceilings
• Have really big projector for our video
• Have sound system for our music
• Can set up at around 3.00pm for our exhibition at 6.00pm or 6.30pm
• Has couches and seating areas if we want
• Has a bar in the room if we want. Can have bar staff on (guests will pay for drinks) 

Roxy Cinema Event Hire

I got a email from The Roxy saying they are happy to have our exhibition there. We will be meeting them on Friday to discuss details etc. This isn't our finalized venue.

Photos of The Roxy:

 A bar at one end of the room is a nice touch. Depending on cost we could consider having Roxy bar staff bar tend our exhibition. We will also esquire about their catering. 

Tanya said we would have to watch out for the lighting in the event room. It is quite dim. If we have The Roxy as our final venue we'd need to figure out how we would get around the lighting problem asap. 

It is also a bit of a tricky room to display our work. We were really considering displaying our work hanging from the ceilings in "pods" that people walk around but in this room that isn't an option. This is another hurdle we'd have to get around if we use this space.

Emails with The Roxy: Venue Hire, First Meeting

Contacting Galleries and Spaces I've Contacted

Contacted: 

• Page Blackie Gallery
• Bowen Gallery
• Avid Art Galery
• Roxy Cinema

Unavailable Spaces: 

• Page Blackie Gallery
• Bowen Gallery

Awaiting Replies from: 

• Avid Art Gallery

Approved Spaces: 

• Roxy Cinema - We will be having a meeting with Roxy Cinema on Friday. This is not a finalized option. 

Video Projection Idea

We were thinking as a part of the exhibition to have a video looping on the wall. The video would have a mix of our group members creating their artworks, group members listening to their music, and people creating booklets (this is to get the idea in the audiences head to start creating books. 

I am wondering if this is just another layer to our idea/theme that isn't hugely necessary and could be a little confusing. We would need to discuss this with our tutors and get their feedback. 

If this idea goes ahead, we will film each other creating artworks etc and Sayydah and myself will edit the looping video together. The soundtrack would be a mix of all the group member's songs. 

Visiting galleries 2

Robert Heald Gallery

• Advertising at venue: Business cards, signage outside the shop
• Content: Original artworks, mixed media of painting and thread on canvas 
• How they display work: All work is hung by hooks on the walls
• People's reactions to art: No one was in there when I was there
• My opinion of art: I didn't like the artwork. It wasn't to my taste at all
• Other Info: This gallery approaches people for exhibitions so we cant' show our work here. The owner recommended looking at an empty place that is up for rent.

Avid Art gallery:

• Advertising at venue: Business cards, signage outside shop
• Content: Pots, abstract sculpture, paintings
• How they display work: Display their pots and sculptures on shelves and table blocks, paintings hanging on walls
• People's reactions to art: My partner thought one of the pots was funny because of the crude, naked women on it
• My opinion of art: I can really appreciate the time and skill that goes into making pots and sculptures even if not all of them are to my taste

Paige Blackie Gallery: 

• Advertising: Business cards, signage outside the shop
• Content: Paintings, drawings
• How they display their work: Hanging paintings on walls
• People's reactions to art: No one else was in the gallery a part from me and my partner -he didn't find the work amazing but didn't hate it either
• My opinion of art: I thought it was ok, not amazing either

Solander Gallery: 

• Advertising at venue: Business cards, flyers, signage outside the shop
• Content: Pen drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, books with artists works inside
• How they display work: Hanging drawings and paintings on walls with hooks, sculptures on table blocks 
• People's reactions to art: My partner didn't like the sculptures and thought they were weird
• My opinion of art: Same opinion as my partner but I really liked the prints

Bowen Art Gallery:

• Advertising at venue: Brochures
• Content: Paintings
• How they display work: Hanging paintings on walls
• People's reactions to art: Found the black, red and white paintings interesting
• My opinion of art: I didn't find the work too bad