Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Umm....


























I just pumped out an application for something called Geisai Miami, a juried fair for emerging artists. It runs concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach and is hosted by PULSE.

The application calls for five jpegs of the proposed work and two installation shots. As this work would be shown for the first time, I made up my own installation views drawing on my rudimentary Photoshop skills.

I was going to ask, "What do you think? Legible or pathetic?" But, for some reason, a psychadelic effect happened on the upload. I'll try to reload later.

It's extremely frustrating to repeatedly have to represent my work in still images. It’s video folks. It moves. How can you grasp the breadth of a piece in stills? It’s like seeing a color field painting in black and white.

Believe it or not, such established programs as the Bronx Museum’s AIM don’t view DVDs until after the interview stage, and only then if the curators deem it necessary. My slides this years consisted of random words.

No wonder I've been rejected four times.

3 comments:

a christian said...

"What do you think? Legible or pathetic?"

Legible. One suggestion, making the wall lighter than the floor. just to help define the space. a humble opinion.

Molly Stevens said...

Excellent idea. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

did you get in? today is the day they said notification would be made, but i haven't heard anything. bummed.