It seems I was wrong to have thought my presentation had been received negatively. A combination of misunderstanding and my ever present self-doubt. I have had an uncomfortable week of inward thinking but onward, onward...
to Les's pop up exhibition. The way the exhibits interpreted the pleating, folding and smocking was enlightening. The scale, use of paper and limited use of colour made it timeless - contemporary yet archival, crisp and fragile in my eyes.
Then to the lecture by Les which described the timeline of the project - from an observation of a painting, to an interest, to wanting to know more, to finding museums who would cooperate, to applying for funds, to finding the essence of the project, the making of things, to exhibiting, educating and everything else in between. It was particularly useful to see the way his curiosity translated and defined the theme of the project - and how long it took. Mostly I learnt to look for clues in the everyday.
Luckily I visited the exhibition before the lecture. I would have liked to see it again but it was being taken down immediately.
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