This week has gone so fast, like much of my time here, but on the other had Monday seems as it was a month ago. It probably has something to do with the week being so busy. I spent Monday through Wednesday mounting photographs, painting pedestals, measuring walls, and remeasuring--all the kinda stuff needed to get ready for a show. Wednesday morning and afternoon we installed our work. I left that day needing to remount my larger images, (42 x 55 cm) in between two panes of glass, both 70 x 100 cm and then have them hung. Hanging glass like this isn't the nice hammer in a nail and wire up the back to hang on the wall. I had to wrap rope around either side of the frames, so it would run vertically up to tied up to a pipe about a meter and a half above. This is no easy task to complete just a few hours before the opening. Luckily I had plenty of help, and got it done in no time. Don't get me wrong, I had my images hung once on Wednesday but according to Professor, they didn't look enough like 'objects' my argument was that they are documentation of the actual event that was the art, but I was overridden and had to do the glass and rope...aka the European Style of hanging. The piece does look really great and I am happy that I did go with the glass, but I just wish that suggestion would have come earlier than 6pm the night before the opening.
Overall the opening went really well, champaign and everything! We have to take everything down next Wednesday, it's a very short show, but still very happy to have the opportunity. Pictures are up on Flickr. Gotta go sign my contract for the award piece!
All the best,
AM
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