Exhibition Presentation

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Self Appraisal

Description of study / practice undertaken: this enables you to identify the nature and range of work undertaken, i.e. the methods, materials, strategies and workshops used and the subject/content and context developed)

The practice undertaken in the module Art and Exhibition was to plan and create an exhibition. Within this module my working group and I were allowed to establish our own exhibition according to the theme of our choice. We chose the artworks, design layout, advertisement etc. The title of our exhibition was ‘Made you look’. We chose this due to the subject matter of uncomfortableness, as we wanted an exhibition which was interactive and interesting for the audience. Through the use of uncomfortable subjects, such as body parts and rape we felt as though our audience could relate in some way to their own phobias In life.  Throughout the whole process of creating the exhibition we had regular meetings to discuss certain topics, such as role allocations in the group. We had to create advertising documentation, such as leaflets, exhibition guise, posters, invitations and a press release.

Appraisal: this enables you to objectively and critically consider your achievements / or failure, and analyse the strengths and weaknesses within your work or practice from this module.

The group and I have successfully learnt how much planning, organization and time goes into creating an exhibition. We feel that the majority of us were organized throughout the exhibition, although a few members of the group were not. Each member of the group stuck to their allocated roles and our negotiating skills seemed to have progressed through out the module. The documentation in my opinion was very successful as to me it look professionally done and I think it was clear that a lot of thought and time went into each advisement. The actually exhibition seemed to have gone better than expected. Our creativity throughout the exhibition was clear as more than half of the artworks were displayed in a different way of which the artist displayed them.

However I do believe some members of the group did more than others and consequently this could have affected the exhibition as it put more pressure on certain member of the group, such as me to create lots of work in a short space of time. Although the group met up frequently to discuss the exhibition, I think organization could have been improved with the artists, as it was not clear to two of the artist which pieces we were using. If I were to improve anything about the exhibition it would be to move one of the pieces to the other side of the wall (as recommended in the exhibition feedback) as I believed it would have worked better. However due to problems with artist installing the work this wasn’t possible.

 List of skills acquired / developed: in relation to the module learning outcomes, this enables you to identify the acquisition of particular practical, technical and intellectual skills.

After experiencing this module, I believed I am more creative in my thinking of how to display my own work. I have also been inspired by certain materials and ideas artists use in their own work. My teamwork skills have most defiantly improved, as although I take the leadership role on often, I feel as listening to other peoples idea improve my own. During this module I have defiantly become more aware of health and safety and things and can and can’t do either when making work or displaying it. 

Opening night

 Personally, i thought the opening night was very successful, as not only was we happy with the outcome of our exhibition, but also the amount of people who turned up made the night extremely enjoyable. Seeing everyone appreciate the hard work we had done, was such a lovely feeling and defiantly made me think more into becoming a curator.

Although we thought about getting a book or presenting a questionnaire for the audiences feedback on the exhibition, we decided that the most effective way to get feedback would be to talk to the audience. Therefore, the group and I discussed different questions to the audiences over wine and refreshments. This made the audiences experience a lot more enjoyable, rather then making them feel pressured to answer questions.

I spoke to John Wiggly who gave some great feedback on both what was good and how we could of improved the exhibition. He commented on how he loved that we had explored different ways of presenting the artists work and how he really couldn't fault one thing. However he did suggest that we could have moved the vaginal light (by Iiona Sikita) above the hair piece on the other side of the wall. I completely agreed with John after he explain the relation through the pubicness of the hair. However due to the artist having to spend half and hour installing the piece, it was not an option to keep trying the piece out in different locations around the room.

The feedback the rest of the group consisted of comments such as:

"It was definitely different viewing an exhibition in the dark"

"I felt like i wanted to turn it off because it was to upsetting to listen too"

"That projection thing was gross"

We were so happy with the feedback we got and the suggestions that were made on the opening night, as everything people mentioned was took into great consideration. Overall i was so pleased with the whole experience. Working with other people and listening to their ideas would have to be my favorite part of this module, as it has really made me think of ways in which i can display my own work. I've loved every minute of it creating my own exhibition and it has defiantly made me think about my future and whether or not i would be interested in becoming a curator.

Final Floor plan

The final floor plan was put together after we had set up the exhibition. This is due to the fact that we did not want a finished floor plan until we had decided on where the art works were positioned best. Although the the final plan is very similar to the designs we had pre-made we feel as though we made the right decision to experiment, as curator, to deliver the best exhibition we could have possibly done. For us the floor plan was a struggle as we needed to make decisions such a were the wiring would go for the electrical pieces. Also for pieces such as the artists, Shelley, we used them to our advantage and created our own composition for the piece. For this reason we could not put them in the floor plan designs as we did not know what hey would be until we installed the exhibition.

Setting up the Exhibition

 Setting up the exhibition was a long process of which took a lot of organization and last minute decisions. We had a plan of what would go up first and what would be left until last. For example the painting by Sam Percival would go up first as it only needed to be measured on straightly on the all. We decided it would go in the center of the back wall as it would not need much space, so other pieces could go beside it. Holly and Russel put the painting up, whilst i stood behind them to see if it was in the right position. personally i thought that hanging a painting was harder then it looked as it was very easy to tell if the painting wasn't straight or high enough. We hung the painting, like they are hung in galleries, at average eye level which is about 58 inches.



The other piece of artwork we decided to put up first was Jasmin khatuns, as the picture frames only had to be hung and we decided her sound piece would simply be displayed on a plinth by electrical sockets. Therefore, Rhian, Brogan and Suzie had to measure and hang the picture frames, of which covered plug socket holes in wall, so that the hole was not a distraction to the audience. We was going to have headphones next to the sound piece, however we decided that it would be more effective having the sound piece play out loud, as there wasn't any other sound to distract from it in the exhibition.

Originally we was going to display the projector on a plinth so that Shelley Hughes's  projection clips were at eye height and straight on the wall. Setting up the projector was quite difficult, however Sarah was familiar with the technology after producing a video before. Once the projector had been sorted out and we understood how to use it, we developed the idea of having a more creative approach to using the projector in the exhibition. After speaking the Fran, we decided to use more of Shelley's work to do this. Shelley was kind enough to let us use work which we had not originally arranged with her and draws that she uses for her work in order to make a secure stand for the projector. After making the stand we then arranged for different works to surround the projector to disguise it as much as we can, whilst supporting the idea of what Shelley's work is about.  After we had arranged this, we then decided that the piece which Shelley uses to project her clips onto, was not working in our exhibition. We decided to put the pieces piles up on the floor next to her projections as a supporting piece to the video. We then played around with the angle of the projection and decided we like the projection on an angle. As this was more interesting to view then a having a simple straight projection. After feeling inspired for curating Shelley's work with our own twist we decided to install and create our own piece using parts of work in the middle of the floor space, of which displayed an interesting light piece to match all the different lighting from the other pieces in the exhibition. We felt as though Shelley's work was the most disturbing to look at, representing our uncomfortable approach to viewers.

After Curating Shelley's piece we decided to get creative with presenting Anna Phillips photography piece by arranging in a way which reflects Shelley's on the opposite wall. This is because we felt that our exhibitions does not suit boring straight artworks and therefore we arranged the piece with a twist, again. As Hollie was sticking the photos to the wall we decided that we shouldn't stick all the photo's on as we like the unfinished look. It added a sense of curiosity, what pictures are missing? What does the artist not want the viewer to see, etc. The piece took up a lot of room on the wall, however due to use not having many wall pieces, we felt as if it used the space effectively.

Putting Bianca Marsland's hair pieces up was one of the most enjoyable pieces to put up, as the artist left it completely up to us of how we wanted to display it. Hollie and myself explored different ways of how to present it. However it was Hollie who come up with a floating idea, using fishing wire. We used the whole in the wall to hold the top of the hair and then decided we wanted to hair to coming into the center floor space. We believed this created a connection between the floors and the walls.  Bianca's other hair piece was very easy to put up, as we always that we wanted the hanging hair in the entrance of the room to create that uncomfortable feel from the audience. Although we did have to add extra hair to the piece. We wanted the hair hanging down on an angel so that the viewer entered in a certain way, in order for them to avoid the hair. This enforced the idea that people naturally would not like to touch the hair.

Ilona Sikita's work was one of the most difficult pieces to install, as although is a small wall piece, the artist has to spend half and our re-drawing the piece in the wire herself. This is why we could not try out different positions for the piece. The artists did not want the piece high or low as she was very sure about having it at high level. However due to the Ilona's lamp piece being at eye level we did  not believe they would both work together at high level height. Therefore the artists agreed with having the piece high up on the wall. After this problem was solved the vaginal lamp piece was very easy to set up as it just needed to be plugged in on top of a plinth.

Yazmine Boyle's piece was the easiest piece to install, although we was unsure where to put the piece. Originally my idea was to have it lying flat in the center of the room as due to the space we could not hang the piece. However we decided to having it slouching up a wall. We felt as though this working for the exhibition, as like Bianca's hair piece, it involved the floor and walls together. After adding extra hay around the piece, we had finally finished the exhibition.

Refreshments were not put in the exhibition space, as we feel it de-values the event, so we put it in the entrance, out of the way.


The lighting in the room, was quite dark, as we chose not to have the lights on and the blinds were shut. However we could afford to this as 4 pieces in the room involved lighting and therefore it was more effective not having lights on in the exhibition.

The exhibition required a member of the group to turn on the electrical piece, such as the sound piece and projection in the morning of the exhibition days. As i was the only member of the group who was willing to do this, i went in early both mornings to do this.

Final Meeting Before Exhibition

In the final meeting before the exhibition we needed to discuss that everyone had defiantly completed there parts in making the exhibition come together. The whole group was very happy with the progress from the previous group meeting and were re-assured that everything was going to plan. Personally i believe that we have all achieved our individual goals in order to make the exhibition come together as everything was completed from the leaflets to the rick assessment. All the equipment was booked and we were ready for the big set up. With only one day left we discussed refreshments and decided we would each bring in different food items and drinks for the opening night.

Risk Assessment