relationship.

'Relationship' was the largest group of people exhibiting together as part of this module, it was exiting to see how they would have dealt with the issue of so many deferment pieces and organized the space so that every one's work seem to flow into each other. As all the previous exhibitions I'd visited, and my own, were of small groups, so it was going to be interesting to see the outcome as it had the possibility of looking a bit 'a-level-y'

The space had a good mixture of paintings, sculptress and photography. A couple of pieces i felt were displayed awkwardly and the table's and covers reminded me a bit of being in a Chinese restaurant, but everything worked well within the space, and the work in the middle of the room helped to fill it up so it didn't seem as big and industrial looking. There were some less successful pieces i feel, but the high standard of other works kept the hole show balanced.

Hannah Malone's work, i really liked, especially the plaster and wire sculpture that looked like a heart and its shadow outlining a face. There was also allot of zestfully prints. Kate's collection worked really well in the space, she had also displayed them in a cluster witch helped the pieces connect with each other. Hazel's textile pieces combined with the colourful abstract paintings also were ones that distracted me. The way she had chose to frame them also added something to the pieces. It was also nice to get to see work I'd previously seen during crit's and assessments displayed in a gallery environment, such as Rose and Pip Pierce's paintings, they worked well alongside each other two, even tho they're completely different context wise and visually, with the colours of both their work completely contrasting each others.

The opening night was busy, there was also another opening the same night in the next room, so that also brought a different crowd. I am happy that i chose to exhibit in a smaller group, i imagine working in such a large group and keeping things organized might of been more stressful.

Mementos.

An exhibition held by Matt Weir and Phillipa Dye, two completely different pieces, and had used their Liverpool student house as the setting for their exhibition, converting the living room and dining room as their separate spaces, which we had also seen the third year students doing for their 161 exhibition, converting the basement of their student house to be the exhibiting space for their work. For both, it worked well. Matt's work was a series of short films based on footage that he had taken in America over the summer, they all had a psychedelic feel to them with allot of repetitive shots and exaggerated colours that hypnotized you alongside the background piano playing. I really enjoyed the setting of it being in the living room, was like a home cinema, and was a very relaxed environment.

I also really liked Pip's piece. It was an installation, representing a bedroom which contained a collection of hand made stitching, cross hatches and quilts. I could really relate and appreciate the time consuming task of what she had made and all the details of the hand stitching into the paper pieces on the wall. It all worked very well together and the cold, empty feel of the room contributed to the piece. It was also nice to see someone else who had used stitch and different traditional methods within their work.

It was a good night, with a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of booze.

Re:action

The first opening of second year's exhibitions, and one of the ones i looked forward to seeing as it consisted of three different performances by Catherine Rockwood, Anna Mulhern and Dave Whiteley. Catherine performed her own modernised version of the Cock and Cunt play alongside her boyfriend, the piece explored re-enacting the same pattern over and over with Catherine reapplying make up to her face, then taking it off, outcome of this being a pile of used face wipes building up. Dave's piece consisted of him chewing gum continuously, practicing the saying 'too much of a good thing' to the extreme. And Anna's piece a visual background alongside a photo album in which she had edited herself into a random family, whilst she was forging documents as the main part of her performance. All of the pieces were equally as interesting, but the thing that captured me the most was how successful they used the space as well as how interesting the space was as Wolstenholme. There was so much space, and a intriguing, mysterious and quirky atmosphere.

'Roots' opening.

The opening night was on a Tuesday. We were all pretty tired after a long couple of days of hard grafting to get everything ready, but we did get quite a good turn out and Reuben's £2 a piece envelopes extravaganza went down well. As we were one of the first groups to have our exhibition opening, it was a bit unpredictable how successful it would be, being a bit awkward to reach (Aebgurth) but we received positive feedback and it was also refreshing to get to relax with each other and our friends and family. I think the space worked well, separating mine and Lois pieces in the back room - giving it a welsh feeling. And Will and Reub's work in the front room mainly monotone coloured pieces.

We also tried to promote on different websites, alongside dispatching posters. It was pretty exiting seeing our names (although mine was often spelt wrong..) up on art websites and gallery walls.

As far as i know, i did not manage to sell any of my work. I think this is mainly down to the fact that people seemed to struggle to understand what it was about as well as notice how much work i had put into hand stitching the poems into the pieces. I didn't expect anyone to fall in love with my work as i knew the welsh poems could swing it both ways. People could either find the language barrier intriguing, or be completely lost. But on the other hand, I'm planning to exhibit the pieces in wales over the summer, hoping that a welsh audience may be able to connect easier with my work.

Exhibition.

Me and Lois ended up joining forces with Reuben and Will, and held the exhibition in Nic Corke's gallery, Aibrurth. All of our works were completely different. Will's being digital images, very cleaned and modern. Lois's being very family orientated, Reub's consisting of a series of detailed pen drawings, and mine just a bit fluffy and containing some welsh poetry..!

The whole process of sorting out where the work would go went quite smoothly, frustrating at times when trying to place works next to something that would compliment the other piece. We all, except Reuben opted for white frames too, witch worked well. The combination of all the different variations of work did work well, and had a strong flow of colour as well as structure.

Working in a group was no problem, we got on very well, and there was a good balance of organization skills, professional attitude and humor, and we were constantly discussing ideas and visions about what or how we wanted the exhibition to come over.

Nic was very helpful and friendly, it made the whole experience better being able to relax and feel comfortable to express and be honest with him about what we wanted. He was very flexible with time and took interest in our work. He also helped us along with promoting the exhibition and even got our names printed on the window of the gallery in PLASTIC!!!

No black inc.

These are photographs of my work I did and displayed the on trees, I didn’t want to ponce about with Photoshop, so I tried something different and took the black inc cartilage out of my printer. I like the affect it gave; most of the results are promising.

I particularly like this one as there’s a good combination of things going on in it and the sense of a forest is not lots, but also a pschedelic feel to the scene.

Its definitely something ill try again in feature, possibly I might see how these work when framed, and maybe see how they come over when set up next to the work i'm planning on exhibiting to see how they collaborate alongside each other.

Y Llwynog.

Ganllath o gopa'r mynydd, pan oedd clych Eglwysi'r llethrau'n gwahodd tua'r llan, Ac annrheuliedig haul Gorffennaf gwych Yn gwahodd tua'r mynydd, - yn y fan, Ar ddiarwybod droed a distaw duth, Llwybreiddiodd ei ryfeddod prin o'n blaen Ninnau heb ysgog ac heb ynom chwyth Barlyswyd ennyd; megis trindod faen Y safem, pan ar ganol diofal gam Syfrdan y safodd yntau, ac uwchlaw Ei untroed oediog dwy sefydlog fflam Ei lygaid arnom. Yna heb frys na braw Llithrodd ei flewyn cringoch dros y grib; Digwyddodd, darfu, megis seren wîb. R. Williams Parry (1924) This is a brief translation of the poem i came across, the only one i found that came close to capturing the atmosphere thats conveyed in the original welsh version. Near the summit of the mountain, when the church bells from the valley called all men of God, And when the clear summer sun, undimmed, spoke to the mountain peak. Then, precisely then, came the stirring of his honest foot, with its rare beauty, startling to our sight; We did not move, nor did we wish to, But remained transfixed, like a trinity in stone We stood stock still, frozen in our stride. He also stopped; his eyes staring unblinking Above his steady paws, and then, without a sign of fright or haste, his blur of red moved on, Disappearing like a shooting star. It's actually quite enjoyable re-visiting poems that i studied in school, i think it also gives more obvious point to my work and depth. Also, no that i'm having to consider how my work would maybe appeal to buyers, its important that its not just decorative but also have some sort of element that viewers could connect with - therefore consider investing.