I don’t ever want to go to an art fair again.
1. The booths look like shit. Cheap walls with white tape covering the joints. Bad lighting. No windows. Handmade sticky labels that are crooked.
2. The art looks like shit. Because of the mall-like set-up, all meaning is lost. Everything seems gimmicky and shallow.
3. I spend my time either dodging people I don’t feel like talking to, or seeking out people I think I should show my face to, in the hope that some day, they’ll be helpful to me. Gross.
4. I end up feeling entirely insecure, inadequate and depressed, not only about my work, but about my personality and my goals.
Why would I try so hard to “get into” a scene like this? All it has done is stopped me from making stuff.
I want out. And I wasn’t ever even in.
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Hey, I went to The Armory Show this weekend and had a similarly disgusted reaction. Since we were both intent on suffering through an art fair, we should have gone together so that at least we'd have someone to complain to.
Well, I'd say next time, but I'm with you...there will be no next time.
Right on.
I only went to Pulse, but that was enough.
Plus, didn't it cost $30 to get into The Armory?
Yeah, but I have a valid "student" ID because of my job. $10.00
I just found your blog, it was a great read! On the subject of sticky labels a while back i found a british labels company who printed me some sticky labels for a really low price. If interested then it may be worth taking a look at their website as they did many types of label printing.
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