As has become a habit this post is late late late. I have been working full time though so thats my excuse!
Canvas Unpicked and Dipped III, 2011, Canvas, Stretcher, Lukas IV Medium
I was in a show called EX at Leeds College of Art in September/October. There were around 10 artists, all of whom completed their foundation course at Leeds College of Art. The selectors selected eligible students based on their degree shows. This meant most (if not all) of us showed work which was in our degree shows.
There was some really exciting work. Ash Harris and Emily Illet showed a video of a performance. The artists were on separate screens in profile, facing each other. Both had their eyes closed and were moving as if bowing to each other, leaning forward and back. The seemed to be sensing each others' movements and responding, very compelling. Romany Dear showed a work in which the audience were the performers. She asked us, for 8 minutes, to embrace absolutely everything. You took a tape player off the wall, put headphones in, pressed play, and followed instructions. Though it wasn't like following instructions. The voice was whispering in your ear, egging you on, making you laugh and encouraging to explore the exhibition, the work, the space, the rules and expected behaviour.
As I had already re-shown my degree show pieces at Seventy Feet (see previous post) I was pretty bored of the work I was showing. However the space I had to show in was such an unusual spot it allowed me to have some fun placing it and let a little of my boredom and frustration come across in the installation.
