What a week of brainstorming it has been, exhibits running wild in my head, reams of paper with names, email addresses, websites, things to do and places to go, networking for me is so much more tiring than actual hands on but the task that I have set myself requires that I step outside of my little world, away from the comfort zone of a little studio, away from the local venues that provide such regular showings of my works, now, half way through the next week and a long way from the last there is at least some result of an 18 hour day.
My contacts list has increased by 230 now and the list grows slowly as whatever happens in cyberspace, happens.!!!!! In addition I have created three groups within my facebook profile regarding causes that are close to my heart, the first (Veterans Day - a Public Holiday) focuses not only upon my own former military service but moreso to the veterans of present day conflicts who have yet to experience life after the military.
This group has a secondary function in as much as I am collecting images from all who support this cause to use in a major visual installation in the 2014 onemillion exhibition and will also act as the primary marketing tool as the resulting petition will be handed to Downing Street at the time of the exibition opening.
The second group, (Half Empty, Half Full) is also a focus for an installation, and finally, the third, a call for the government to start to take a fuller responsibility for the funding of charities related to both child poverty and animal welfare.
All in all, my workload notwithstanding my artistic commitment pretty well fills my day.
I have now made some progress on the exhibits for 2014, four in fact (counting the afore mentioned) I have re-established contact with the Northern Ireland film company person who I met last year and feel comfortable that at least one project carries a supporting team that numbers a few more than me, for sure there will be many involved as the days draw on but for now, I have at least a film crew, to add to that team I have also made contact with a audio chap who on the surface seems to have the passion and skills that I am seeking for that one exhibit and am only lacking the confirmatory process that will decide upon which direction this will take.
My eyes are aching from looking at a screen all day, my mind is numb from the incessant hiss that eminates from my hard drive and guess I shall just have to move that somewhere out of the way if I am to continue this quest without affecting my sanity any more.
Painting now seems to be on complete hold and awaits the transfer of the four large paintings in the studio to the place of exhibition before I can start anything else, they are just so powerful that to attempt anything new at this time would be to create in accordance with the images that surround me and that is something I dont like doing really, prefering to ventue into new territories; to remain along the same lines day after day is to stand still as an artist unable to move forward in such a way as to form any distance between what I do today and what I might have been able to do tomorrow, does that make any sense to you at all, I am sure it will eventually.
for today however I leave without any image, past or present merely a thought..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
